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thunderarea

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About thunderarea

Passionate web developer. Creator of Music Mode for YouTube™ a Chrome extension that enables you to play only audio on YouTube and YouTube Music. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/music-mode-for-youtube/abbpaepbpakcpipajigmlpnhlnbennna

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    Comment #46326973

    Thank you very much. It seems very useful.

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    Comment #46324817

    The problem is not blocking the ads. I already do that. The problem is how to prevent YouTube recognizing my extension as an ad blocker

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    Comment #46324419

    The problem is that I own an extension that blocks ads and is detected as an ad blocker. So, I am looking for a technical solution on how to prevent YouTube from detecting my exten…

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    Comment #46324408

    So, you stopped blocking ads and muted them instead?

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    Comment #46324124

    I got the same answer from a friend of mine :) That's good for my but it does not help with my extension. I cannot tell the users go and use Brave. I am trying to find a way to avo…

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    How to bypass YouTube ad-blocking restrictions?

    Today was the first time YouTube showed me the message “Ad blockers are not allowed”. I am trying to find a way to bypass YouTube’s ad-blocking restrictions. This is partly for per…

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    Comment #41942757

    After 5 years, my extension Music Mode for YouTube™ had only 20,000 users. But in early September, it was featured on the Chrome Web Store homepage under "For music lovers" section…

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    My Extension Featured on Chrome Web Store Homepage

    After 5 years, my extension Music Mode for YouTube™ had only 20,000 users. But in early September, it was featured on the Chrome Web Store homepage under "For music lovers" section…

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    Show HN: Extension that plays only the audio, blocking the video, on YouTube

    I have made a browser extension that plays only the audio, blocking the video on YouTube, YouTube Music and all embedded YouTube videos in third party sites. It can also hide the t…

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    Comment #31904585

    I think that you know that it does not work. First of all you don't declare what language it explains. Secondly, I tried the most simple example in the web app: to set a value to a…

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    Comment #30220119

    There are two extensions in Firefox neither of which blocks the video. Music Mode for YouTube™ is the only extension that blocks the video entirely until now. These two extensions …

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    Comment #30213943

    Very beautiful

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    Comment #30213827

    Music Mode for YouTube is the only browser extension that blocks the video. All the other extensions they don't use the video but the video is downloaded. You can check this in the…

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    Comment #30213196

    5 seconds is a lot of time. This shows that it has to load the video

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    Comment #30208123

    As it says it does not load the video. But it downloads it. This file is from the Audio only YouTube extension

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    Comment #30207504

    Ha ha ha. I think that they know them. But in desktop there are many ways to change it with extensions or even browsers other than Chrome. So they don't give it a try

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    Comment #30207448

    It could. But it does not do it :)

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    Comment #30207208

    Now that I know that there is the Show HN I will post it also there

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    Comment #30207025

    You have a point on this

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    Comment #30206945

    If so I think that is not an easy way to listen to music on YouTube if you have every time to download the song

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    Comment #30206789

    You cannot play with a chapter of a book but it is acceptable. So, the "play" does not used with its exact meaning

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    Comment #30206773

    "play" in this case does not imply that the product should be game or something like that but something that the user can interact with. From the Show HN rules: "On topic: things p…

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    Comment #30206740

    Thanks a lot graderjs. I don't know very well Hacker News. After I made this post I discovered the Show HN. I prepare a post for it. Thanks

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    Comment #30206606

    Yes. But they give you the API. This is the policy for the API. You can modify the files as you say but not using their API. You must find the way...