• WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 months ago

    Is there such a thing as an ad sequesterer? Not necessarily blocking it, but just shoving it in some other window I can’t see, and then letting it play through. Then YouTube gets its ad played, and I don’t have to see it—win/win.

    • DanVctr@sh.itjust.works
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      9 months ago

      https://adnauseam.io/

      You’re looking for something like this. It still blocks the ad from your view but in the background it still loads/plays the ad, and sometimes even clicks it to spend their precious ad budget.

      • Gestrid@lemmy.ca
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        9 months ago

        I hope it doesn’t click it on my computer. I wouldn’t trust an ad not to try to download a virus even on a legitimate site like YouTube.