Previously a premium app, Onion Browser has since moved to a donation model, opening up access to everyone who wants to download the app, without compromising security or features. We as Human Beings need to acknowledge and address human nature, it got us this far but it is a detriment, it will be the defining factor in our progress even in the near future, climatology and warfare make that obvious.IOS users aren’t left out when it comes to browsing the Tor anonymizer network, with the Onion Browser among the more popular options on Apple’s mobile OS. I am sure that this could happen in complete agreement from many. It has compounded itself to the extent that we are now faced with mercenary capitalism, which in the end may create laws to force the point, meaning you could be prosecuted, fined and or incarcerated for creating script that blocks advertising. Human Beings deny that they are susceptible declaring that they are self determining, a myth that perpetuates personal bias and prejudice necessary to human nature to thrive.Īdvertising, films, movies, mass entertainment of all kinds deeply affects human beings, it is all effecting our societies and it’s many cultures. One of the vagaries of human nature is denial, it is existential.īy denying that we are affected we remain subjected. I despise advertising in it’s every form. Now You: what is your take on this new option to deal with ads on YouTube? While there is certainly the chance that it may be detected by YouTube's anti-adblocking measures or thrown out of the Google Chrome Web Store, it does work perfectly for now. It includes the 10-second video ads that play without option to skip on YouTube, the 5-second video ads that can be skipped after 5 seconds, and even multiple ads shown in a row before the video starts to play.įirefox users may download and install the extension from Mozilla's Add-ons repository.Ĭhrome and Chromium-based browser users may install it from the Chrome Web Store.įadblock is an interesting extension that uses a different technique to make YouTube more enjoyable. The developer lists all the different ad categories on YouTube that the extension skips. It skips pre-roll video ads, banner ads and other display ad formats on YouTube. The extension works on YouTube and also on third-party sites that embed YouTube videos, according to the description. ![]() You can install it in Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi, Brave, Opera and all other Chromium-based web browsers.Īnother interesting aspect of the extension is that it can't be classified as an ad-blocker, as it does not block advertisement. Note that the Chrome version of the extension will run in other Chromium-based browsers as well. You may get a glimpse of an ad when you load a video on YouTube, but it is skipped quickly so that the actual video is loaded. Tests in Firefox and Google Chrome on YouTube confirmed this. The effect is the same: this process happens in less than 50ms usually, which means that these ads can't annoy you as they blaze by quickly. The developer explains that video ads do get loaded, but that they get either skipped, if the option is available, or fast-forwarded instead. Instead of trying to block advertisement, it is loading ads and then skipping or fast-forwarding them automatically. Skip and fast-forward YouTube adsįadblock, Friendly Adblock for YouTube, is an open source extension for Firefox and Google Chrome that uses a different technique to avoid the massive number of ads that YouTube throws at you. There is a free trial period, but payment is required afterwards to continue using it. Update: The developer has turned the extension into a paid extension after our review. One of them is to redirect videos to privacy friendly third-party sites. There are alternatives to blocking ads on YouTube. ![]() ![]() These do get addressed quickly though, but it is still annoying when it happens. Even major content blockers such as uBlock Origin run into issues from time to time.
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