skipping youtube ads on the mac

2015-06-20 Thread joseph big
hello list members how to skip youtube adds on the mac? thank you in advance. best -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubs

Re: skipping youtube ads on the mac

2015-06-21 Thread Shaf
Use an adblocker On 6/21/2015 6:06 AM, joseph big wrote: hello list members how to skip youtube adds on the mac? thank you in advance. best -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop rece

Re: skipping youtube ads on the mac

2015-06-21 Thread Alex Hall
I find that, when a video loads and an ad starts, I should not touch anything. As soon as VO announces "ad can be skipped", I tab once and always land on the "skip ad" button; space will then skip the ad. If I move around at all, though, tabbing once will not land me on that button, so I've lear

Re: skipping youtube ads on the mac

2015-06-21 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I think most ad blockers work by blocking access to known ad servers on the internet. Most web site ads are not served by the site itself but for YouTube this is not the case. The video you want and the 'pre-roll' ad all come from youtube's own servers so you can't block the ad without also blo

Re: skipping youtube ads on the mac

2015-06-21 Thread Ray Foret Jr
The only way I found that does any good is using VO+CMD+j to quickly search for the skip add button. Even then, you don't always see it. But, press it as soon as you do. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user! Sent from my Mac

Re: skipping youtube ads on the mac

2015-06-22 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi Alex, What I do is to build a VO item chooser and type in skip and that lands me on the pesky skip ad button and I click it! This usually works, but some times I half to reload the page also! :) Talk soon CHUCK REICHEL soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com www.SoundPictureRecording.com 954-742-001

Re: skipping youtube ads on the mac

2015-06-24 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Happily in this case I think Youtube ads are in fact seeded from dedicated hosts, so you can use AdBlock default rules to block them. You’re absolutely right though that this strategy could easily be worked around by the Chocolate Factory at any time. -- You received this message because you