Automatically click "Skip Ad"

OrangeDog commented 11 months ago

⚬ PROBLEM: Ad blocking on YouTube is increasing difficult, or you want the channel to get ad revenue at minimal inconvenience.

⚬ SOLUTION:
When the "Skip Ad" button appears, it should automatically be clicked.

⚬ ALTERNATIVES: Click it manually. Use an additional extension to do it.

⚬ RELEVANCE / SCOPE: If blocking remains/re-becomes impossible, then 100%. Otherwise maybe 20% who want to support creators with minimal cost.

⚬ "SIDE EFFECTS":
None.

ImprovedTube commented 11 months ago

hi! @OrangeDog! :) yes we need to add the new name of the button on the YouTube website. And there are several variants. Maybe you wanna paste some of those you get? (right click: "inspect". You can temporarly disable youtube's context menu on the player with our other extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/unlock-keyboard-mouse/ijngdimmjkngoglcjaheoadciaalbafl )

want to support creators with minimal cost.

btw skipped ads yield them several or many times less a per your hour (or second) of attention, than you could can earn with work. (unless every video is about financial/commercial topics/advice only.

OrangeDog commented 11 months ago

Here's the one I just got:

<div class="video-ads ytp-ad-module" data-layer="4">
  <div class="ytp-ad-player-overlay" style="" id="player-overlay:21">
    <div class="ytp-ad-player-overlay-flyout-cta ytp-ad-player-overlay-flyout-cta-rounded">...</div>
    <div class="ytp-ad-player-overlay-instream-info">...</div>
    <div class="ytp-ad-player-overlay-skip-or-preview">
      <div class="ytp-ad-skip-ad-slot" style="" id="skip-button:22">
        <div class="ytp-ad-preview-slot" style="display: none;" id="preskip-component:23">...</div>
        <div class="ytp-ad-skip-button-slot" style="" id="skip-button:26">
          <span class="ytp-ad-skip-button-container ytp-ad-skip-button-container-detached" style="opacity: 0.5;">
            <button class="ytp-ad-skip-button-modern ytp-button">
              <div class="ytp-ad-text ytp-ad-skip-button-text-centered ytp-ad-skip-button-text" style="" id="ad-text:27">
                Skip
              </div>
              <span class="ytp-ad-skip-button-icon-modern">
                <svg height="100%" viewBox="-6 -6 36 36" width="100%">
                  <path d="M5,18l10-6L5,6V18L5,18z M19,6h-2v12h2V6z" fill="#fff"></path>
                </svg>
              </span>
            </button>
          </span>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="ytp-ad-player-overlay-progress-bar"></div>
    <div class="ytp-ad-player-overlay-instream-user-sentiment"></div>
  </div>
</div>

ImprovedTube commented 11 months ago

@OrangeDog thanks! (maybe repeat)

https://github.com/code-charity/youtube/issues/1762
- (https://github.com/code-charity/youtube/commit/b5b821ba3c6308b7542c1541e6bf56053ab08e71 - #1809#issuecomment-1828599801 )
- https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/459541-youtube%E5%8E%BB%E5%B9%BF%E5%91%8A-youtube-ad-blocker (most downloaded UserScript these days. MIT license (=we could include it all))
https://github.com/code-charity/youtube/issues/697

code-charity / youtube

Automatically click "Skip Ad" #1872