Reviews for YouTube AdBlock
YouTube AdBlock by Martin
42 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18397456, 8 months agoOpen source and does exactly what it advertises.
- Rated 5 out of 5by MvGreiffen, 9 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by CaPnKirk, 10 months agoAfter downloading for my Mozilla Focus it says cannot open an .xpi file. Can't use .
Developer response
posted 10 months agoYour issue likely applies to any add-on you are trying to install on Mozilla Focus since it does not support installing add-ons from the browser, which makes sense since Focus is a product whose primary purpose is to ensure the highest data privacy and security: allowing any add-on created by random people would be a massive potential for data breach and hacking. Most people use Firefox Desktop or Firefox for Android, and add-ons work fine there. There has been a recent upgrade from Mozilla that might allow you to install the .xpi though: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1814123. Feel free to open an issue in our Github repo if you'd like to discuss more, but again, we never claimed that this add-on would work on a Firefox product that isn't suited for add-ons. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18298784, 10 months agoWork like a charm. Skips pesky ads like a lightning. If your not looking at the tab and have something playing on background you can only notice like less then a second pause and then playback will continue and if you do watch the tab same ,less then a second pause and you see the ad just flashing by.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16065133, 10 months agoWorks great! I kinda wish there was a way to not do the Real-Time Acceleration, as I wanted just the auto-skip and my other autoskip extension stopped working. Clear code also, well done 👍
Developer response
posted 10 months agoThanks, appreciate the compliments! Yes, skipping the accelerated ad would be better from a user experience point of view but I've been trying to inject as little code as possible into the page, not only for clarity for the user, but also to make it less detectable and hence more robust against the YouTube anti ad block detections tools. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18261328, a year agoSeitdem Youtube den Krieg gegen die Adblocker entfesselt hat, verliert man die Lust, überhaupt irgendwelche Videos anzusehen. Die Werbung ist nervtötend, schwachsinnig und zerstört sowohl Informationsfluss wie auch Spannungsbogen. Der adfreie Betrieb ist einfach zu teuer. Für einen angemesseneren Preis würde ich das ja machen. Aber so suche ich wie alle anderen einen Ad-Manipulator der wirklich funktioniert.
Das Addon "YouTube AdBlock" von Martin hält alles, was es verspricht.
Ich habe seit ungefähr 2 Wochen installiert auf einem aktuellen Firefox (122.0 (64-Bit)). Bisher wurde es von YT nicht erkannt oder angemeckert.
Es gibt ja zwei Sorten von Ads in einem YT-Video. Solche, bei denen man nach einigen Sekunden einen "Überspringen" Button angezeigt bekommt und solche, die in das Video hineingeschnitten sind und die man nicht überspringen kann, sondern bis zum bitteren Ende erleiden darf. Bis jetzt habe ich dann immer wenigstens den Sound ausgestellt, auch schon als Signal an YT, dass mir das Ganze zuwider ist.
Das Addon "YouTube AdBlock" von Martin
1.) überspringt die überspringbaren Ads blitzschnell, man kann meist nur ein kurzes Flackern im Bild erkennen.
2.) die nicht überspringbaren Ads werden genial superbeschleunigt abgespielt, so dass man nur ein paar Bilder davon sieht in einer Dauer von vielleicht einer Sekunde.
In beiden Fällen wird außerdem der Ton automatisch gemutet.
Und hauptsache: es funktioniert und scheint unterhalb des Radars von YT zu laufen.
Danke Martin und hoffentlich bleibt das so.
Ich kann das Add-On nur wärmstens empfehlen.
Natürlich wäre es noch schöner, wenn es einen echten Adblocker gäbe, der die Ads absolut entfernt ohne Rückstände. Aber solche werden vermutlich von YT aufs Schärfste bekämpft und geblockt.
Ich würde mich freuen, wenn ich irgendwo einen Donate-Button oder Patreon-Link finden könnte. Übersehe ich das?Developer response
posted a year agoThank you very much for the thorough and positive appraisal. I appreciate your suggestion for a donation, but I have enough money to fulfill my basic needs, so I won't accept any donation. - Rated 5 out of 5by FkoTeam, a year ago
Developer response
posted a year agoHi, thanks for the review. It would be nice of you to share some more info, such as the type of issue, the browser version and if it happens only in specific cases. Perhaps you can add those details by editing your post above? Thanks.- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17974121, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13086535, a year agoSo far, it's working great and as expected; ads do pop up, but are gone in an instant.
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posted a year agoHi, it would be nice of you to share some more info, such as the type of issue, the browser version and if it happens only in specific cases. Perhaps you can add those details by editing your post above? Thanks.- Rated 4 out of 5by Nox, a year agoIt works 3/4 of the time.. sometimes you get the ''youtube detection of adblockers'' screen but if you refresh the page the addon skip the ad and you are good to go.. 4 stars/5 Thanks Martin
Developer response
posted a year agoThanks, I tried to reproduce the issue on my end but no success. I assume you already checked that this issue isn't caused by another of your extensions? If that's the case, it would be nice of you to share some more info, such as the browser version and if it happens only in specific cases. Perhaps you can add those details by editing your post above?