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Re: Show HN: I build browser extension that skips any type of ad(Not an ad blocker)

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Post by dkraj »

gmerc wrote: post #17
mohamedmansour wrote: post #8

Pretty lean extension, you basically set the playback rate of an Ad to 16 and automatically click on skip ad when it appears. If this becomes popular, Google can copy Facebook anti blocker methods and just randomize the classnames and Dom depth of nodes for the button. And they could honey pot it with hidden elements or image buttons.

I see some potential for an LLM to unfuck the dom - ultimately there’s going to be patterns

I see your point. Getting the pattern from DOM to create something custom is possible but not in real time. We can not just rely on that. Finding pattern is good but relying on that is not

Re: Show HN: I build browser extension that skips any type of ad(Not an ad blocker)

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Post by Saris »

dkraj wrote: post #7
MichaelMug wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As far as I can tell YouTube has made an effort to detect uBlock, and show full ads.

Yes. uBlock does not works any more

It has been working for me, even through all the stuff months ago. I wonder why some people seem to be affected constantly and some don't at all.

Re: Show HN: I build browser extension that skips any type of ad(Not an ad blocker)

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Post by PufPufPuf »

dkraj wrote: post #7
MichaelMug wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As far as I can tell YouTube has made an effort to detect uBlock, and show full ads.

Yes. uBlock does not works any more

Not true. uBlock Origin works just fine. I actually never had problems with it not working, they seem to update it pretty fast. I'm using Firefox, maybe that also has something to do with it.

Re: Show HN: I build browser extension that skips any type of ad(Not an ad blocker)

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Post by MichaelMug »

Kuinox wrote: post #14
MichaelMug wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As far as I can tell YouTube has made an effort to detect uBlock, and show full ads.

No, ublock works fine, you may have another extension that disrupt ublock.

I only have 1 extension installed. uBlock Origin. So I don't know what's going on.

Re: Show HN: I build browser extension that skips any type of ad(Not an ad blocker)

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Post by gmerc »

skulk wrote: post #20
gmerc wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I see some potential for an LLM to unfuck the dom - ultimately there’s going to be patterns

feeding an entire DOM tree into an LLM and waiting for the response sounds like a terrible thing to include in a latency-sensitive render pipeline.

longer than loading dozens of shit js, tracking pixels and obfuscation code into the renderer?

The moment I can use a cheap edge LLM to reduce the entire page to the few bullet points I care about with optional expansion of content I don’t really care much anymore about render timing - the ultimate cost on us is extraction the information we want from the page, which is getting more and more enshittified because our attention is being sold.

Re: Show HN: I build browser extension that skips any type of ad(Not an ad blocker)

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Post by gmerc »

skulk wrote: post #20
gmerc wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I see some potential for an LLM to unfuck the dom - ultimately there’s going to be patterns

feeding an entire DOM tree into an LLM and waiting for the response sounds like a terrible thing to include in a latency-sensitive render pipeline.

Looks like apple thinks so too

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/30/safari-ai-features-comi...

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