finally, those youtube adds ad block plus wasn't catching are finally gone. i can live with the short delay before the video plays. THANK YOU!

second video played they are back. 😒

It worked perfectly, I changed nothing, and then it didn't work anymore :( Ads run just as normal, even though they should be muted.
That's a real bummer, I thought the add-on was almost perfect - the only thing I was missing was an option to have ads (on whitelisted channels) run for 30-45 seconds and THEN skip (because that's apparently how long the ad needs to run for payout).

EDIT Dec 2025: I'm still using this 2 years later, and it continues to perform fantastically. I would rate it 5-stars again if I could, but since I can't, I just wanted to say thanks again for this very helpful functionality that continues to make my YT experience much more sane and pleasant.

Original review:

I had to refresh the video tab I already had opened when I installed this add-on, but after that it works well! I appreciate that it lets you choose the options you wish to enable/disable individually.

Now that YouTube is cracking down on ad blockers, I decided to turn over a new leaf, and fully "whitelist" YouTube, and I was hoping to find an extension that provided this kind of functionality.

I was mainly looking for auto-muting ads + un-muting video, which this extension handles really well. It's a big relief, and makes the viewing experience much more pleasant. Disabling the annoying "are you still watching?" prompt is an added bonus for those longer videos too. But I'm leaving the ad skipping feature turned off, so creators of the content I enjoy can still get the monetization benefits of the ads playing out.

With the help of this extension, the ads go from being obnoxious and noisy, to being quiet and bearable. Thank you for making this functionality possible. I appreciate that you have the source code available on github for everyone to view as well.

This works great as of Oct 2023!