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minus-squareVaeril@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIs there anything that already does this? Extension or app wise?
minus-squareTheChargedCreeper864@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoYears ago I used to use an app called “AdSkip” or something along those lines that used the accessibility API to automatically mute and skip all YouTube ads. I’d imagine the screen black-out would be trivial to add on top
minus-squareVaeril@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYeah I looked and saw there are some Firefox add-ons that skip and mute, but I didn’t see any that black out the ads as well.
minus-squarePika@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agonot for YouTube but there is for twitch yea
minus-squareVaeril@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI’ve been using Vaft Ublock Origin script from https://github.com/pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions on Twitch which works for me.
minus-squarePika@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoXtra was one of them I used to use, but they have a bunch of different ad blocks that do it too now. Multistream services do it as well
minus-squareAndromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoYou can use SafeTwitch with LibRedirect For Android, I recommend Xtra
Is there anything that already does this? Extension or app wise?
Years ago I used to use an app called “AdSkip” or something along those lines that used the accessibility API to automatically mute and skip all YouTube ads. I’d imagine the screen black-out would be trivial to add on top
Yeah I looked and saw there are some Firefox add-ons that skip and mute, but I didn’t see any that black out the ads as well.
not for YouTube but there is for twitch yea
Please don’t leave me hanging.
I’ve been using Vaft Ublock Origin script from https://github.com/pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions on Twitch which works for me.
Xtra was one of them I used to use, but they have a bunch of different ad blocks that do it too now. Multistream services do it as well
You can use SafeTwitch with LibRedirect
For Android, I recommend Xtra
no need just yet, so im guessing no