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cebert
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.
dkraj
Yes I agree with you but people anyways skip ads.
nashashmi
If they can’t share the message in 5 sec, it’s not worth the watch.
_akhe
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.

_akhe
Amazing work! Simple yet very useful.
dkraj
Thanks man. would love to hear any feedback if you have
nashashmi
Make it speed up the ads too.
dkraj
"Speed up the ads" Can you please elaborate a little like do you want the non skippable ads to move fast or what does it means?
nashashmi
Yeah. Any ads. All should be accelerated to max speed.

Another extension does the same