Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to automatically skips YouTube skippable ad

Re:Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to automatically skips... by cebert on Thursday April 11, 2024 @10:58PM (#40008997)

Please consider that using an ad-blocking extension without subscribing to YouTube Premium can impact the income of the content creators you enjoy watching. They earn less when ads are skipped or blocked. It’s that’s ethical to you, have at it.

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Re:Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to automatically skips... by dkraj on Thursday April 11, 2024 @11:42PM (#40009184)

Yes I agree with you but people anyways skip ads.

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Re:Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to automatically skips... by nashashmi on Saturday April 13, 2024 @02:19AM (#40020940)

If they can’t share the message in 5 sec, it’s not worth the watch.

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Re:Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to automatically skips... by dkraj on Saturday April 13, 2024 @05:21AM (#40021722)

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Re:Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to automatically skips... by bschmidt1 on Friday April 12, 2024 @11:00AM (#40013716)

This just clicks "Skip" for you - it's not an ad blocker.

To your other point, creators make most their money from brand deals, merch, and appearances. Ever since the "adpocalypse" it's very easy to get demonetized, and in general the commission was drastically reduced for creators - YouTube and record labels are getting most of the ad money.

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Re:Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to automatically skips... by dkraj on Friday April 12, 2024 @11:13PM (#40020181)

Agreed.

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