A Novel Approach to Youtube Ads

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Clever workaround speeds YouTube ads up instead of blocking them [Video]
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Instead of blocking them, this extension speeds them up to x16 and also mutes the ad. Experiencing a 30 second ad in 2 seconds is pretty funny. And it works on Edge and Chrome.

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Awesome, now you get only subconscious messages flashed in your eyes.

What else are people going to do to avoid installing Firefox?

I don't know how much anyone's subconscious is picking up in 2 seconds. Remember back in the day when people used to tell you they could study while sleeping by listening to a recording of a lecture? That didn't really work either.