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squgeim / yt-ad-autoskipper

A browser extension that automates skipping ad on Youtube. This is not an ad blocker, it just automates the process of clicking on the "Skip Ad" button on Youtube.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/youtube-ad-auto-skipper/lokpenepehfdekijkebhpnpcjjpngpnd
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Intermittent performance and/or not working as of week of 15 April 2024 #67

Closed cverges-medallia closed 4 months ago

cverges-medallia commented 4 months ago

Starting 15 April 2024 or so, YouTube appears to have made some kind of change that now makes the extension not fully work. There's an increased number of ads where the Skip button shows, but the Extension doesn't click it for some reason. Pasting what from the DOM I could gather on the last one in case it helps.

Screenshot 2024-04-17 at 10 58 30 AM

FajnB commented 4 months ago

Can confirm that somewhere around 15th of April, google have once again done something to prevent people auto skip ads.

ihave1000usernames commented 4 months ago

I didn't notice an issue until today, the 18th of April. I watch YT on and off all day, every day. I'm running Chrome Version 123.0.6312.122 (Official Build) (64-bit) on Linux Mint. Flathub from stable branch com.google.Chrome.

squgeim commented 4 months ago

Thanks everyone. I am trying to figure out what has changed.

bcortri1 commented 4 months ago

I added 'ytp-skip-ad-button' to the classList variable for the Firefox version and that solved the issue for me

squgeim commented 4 months ago

A fix for this has been released. It is going through Chrome review and will go out as soon as that's done. Please look out for version 2.0.2.

cverges-medallia commented 4 months ago

Works great with 2.0.2. Just went live for me today. Thank you for both the rapid fix and for the project as a whole!

FajnB commented 4 months ago

When will this fix be available on Firefox? Or did you discontinued it there? (Genuinely asking as it kinda looks like I'm complaining.)

squgeim commented 4 months ago

When will this fix be available on Firefox?

Or did you discontinued it there? (Genuinely asking as it kinda looks like I'm complaining.)

Hi! The fix will be available as version 0.5.3 on Firefox. It is still in review. Usually Firefox review is quicker than Chrome's but this time it has been stuck at Awaiting Review for the last few days.

cverges-medallia commented 4 months ago

FYI, upon further testing this week, it looks like this fix is working ~70% of the time. I'm still seeing some ads where the Skip button shows but isn't getting clicked by the extension. (I did verify I'm using 2.0.2.)

DOM snapshot during the latest one that I could capture: Screenshot 2024-04-25 at 2 45 20 PM

FajnB commented 4 months ago

Can confirm, that the extension (Firefox 0,5,3) is working, but sometimes it does not. In my experience the success rate is somewhere between 80-90%.

Youtube is changing its design yet again in the last two months so there could be a possibility that they are doing some sort of test of several possible designs. Also google have apparently upped their effort in persecution of people using ad-blockers. This might also come with side effects like changing the way the skip button works.