YouTube is now blocking Ad Blockers – So I just make ads run 16x faster

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The recent uproar about YouTube and Chrome blocking Ad Blockers left me wondering What can I do about it different to other solutions? So, as an extension developer I whipped together a little script to make Ads play 16x faster. - You would use this as a backup to your AdBlocker - when YouTube forces you to turn the AdBlocker off - Only speeds up Ads - doesn't affect your normal videos This demo doesn't click "skip" automatically - but it will in the next version :)

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