Show HN: YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extension to skip their ads

Re:Show HN: YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extensio... by m47h4r on Saturday November 18, 2023 @11:10PM (#38328834)

This is great, my annoyance with ads is their time-wasting nature. Skipping ads entirely isn't purely ethical, but this seems like a better compromise for both parties. We want to use YouTube free of charge and will see the ads in a short manner that satisfies YouTube (I hope).

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Re:Show HN: YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extensio... by travoc on Saturday November 18, 2023 @11:13PM (#38328848)

Skipping ads is perfectly ethical. Who didn't hit fast-forward on their VCR or go get a sandwich during half-time?

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Re:Show HN: YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extensio... by amelius on Saturday November 18, 2023 @11:51PM (#38329130)

The Bible definitely needs an update for these kinds of questions.

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Re:Show HN: YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extensio... by zamadatix on Monday November 20, 2023 @12:15PM (#38350815)

Something can be both unethical and commonly done. In fact, some quite seriously unethical things were commonplace for centuries and others are commonplace now even though most consider them unethical at heart. Skipping ads needs to be ethical or unethical because it is, that it is done is irrelevant.

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Re:Show HN: YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extensio... by matheusmoreira on Sunday November 19, 2023 @12:06AM (#38329258)

> Skipping ads entirely isn't purely ethical

It absolutely is. Nobody is obligated to look at this crap.

Their entire business model is based on sending people free stuff loaded with ads. They assume people are going to look at the ads. They only have themselves to blame if their assumptions don't hold.

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