Description
The chrome tool improves your YouTube viewing by automating ad skipping, muting & playback acceleration without blocking ad.
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Ranking Summary
Overall Rank
Extension Rank
"Ads" Keyword
"Ad Skipper" Keyword
"Video Ads" Keyword
"Skip Ads" Keyword
Review Summary
Users appreciate the YouTube Ad Accelerator for effectively speeding through ads and improving viewing experience without major interruptions. It's praised for saving time and being simple to use. However, multiple users report issues with the extension being detected by YouTube, occasional malfunctioning, causing lag, and sometimes affecting video playback or comment functionality. Despite these drawbacks, it remains a popular tool for those frustrated by lengthy YouTube ads and intrusive warnings.
Pros
- Effectively speeds up or skips YouTube ads, saving user time.
- Simple, easy to install and use, with generally good performance.
- Reduces interruptions during video playback, providing smoother experience.
- Seen as a valuable tool by users tired of intrusive and lengthy ads.
- Generally compatible with YouTube without causing major bugs.
Cons
- Extension occasionally stops working or gets detected by YouTube, reducing its effectiveness.
- Sometimes causes YouTube to display warning popups about ad blocking.
- At times it speeds up entire videos instead of just ads, which is problematic.
- May cause performance issues like lag or slowdowns for some users.
- Can interfere with some YouTube functions such as comment editing (e.g., disabling 'enter' key).
Permissions
This extension can:
- scripting
- tabs
This extension can access:
- https://www.youtube.com/*
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?*
Additional Information
7.0.1
August 24, 2024
0.04 MB
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