Solution: simple script

[dennisfrijlink]

I wrote a simple script to just skip ads. It's not optimized but it works:

setInterval(() => {
  if(document.getElementsByClassName("ytp-ad-text").length > 0) {
    const video = document.getElementsByClassName("video-stream html5-main-video")[0];
    video.play();
    video.pause();
    video.currentTime = video.duration;
  }
}, 500);

I use the plugin called Custom JavaScript for Websites 2 to execute this script every time I visit youtube.

[Jonovono]

It's not perfect, but it works ;p Thanks @dennisfrijlink

[anguschiu1]

It's very useful, thank you!!

[dennisfrijlink]

Some issues fixed and added automatic click on overlay close button with this:

function hideAds() {
  if(document.getElementsByClassName("ytp-ad-text").length > 0) {
    const video = document.getElementsByClassName("video-stream html5-main-video")[0];
    video.play();
      video.pause();
      video.currentTime = video.duration;
      const video1 = document.getElementsByClassName("video-stream html5-main-video")[1];
      video1.play();
      video1.pause();
      video1.currentTime = video1.duration;
  }

  if(document.getElementsByClassName("ytp-ad-overlay-close-button").length > 0) {
    document.getElementsByClassName("ytp-ad-overlay-close-button")[0].click();
    document.getElementsByClassName("ytp-ad-overlay-close-button")[1].click();
  }
}

window.setInterval(hideAds, 500);

[g-cqd]

function hideAds() {
  const adTextElements = document.getElementsByClassName("ytp-ad-text");
  if (adTextElements.length > 0) {
    const videos = document.getElementsByClassName("video-stream html5-main-video");
    if (videos.length > 0) {
      const video = videos[0];
      video.play();
      video.pause();
      video.currentTime = video.duration;

      if (videos.length > 1) {
        const video1 = videos[1];
        video1.play();
        video1.pause();
        video1.currentTime = video1.duration;
      }
    }
  }

  const adOverlayCloseButtons = document.getElementsByClassName("ytp-ad-overlay-close-button");
  if (adOverlayCloseButtons.length > 0) {
    for (let i = 0; i < adOverlayCloseButtons.length; i++) {
      adOverlayCloseButtons[i].click();
    }
  }
}

const observer = new MutationObserver(mutations => {
  mutations.forEach(mutation => {
    if (mutation.addedNodes.length > 0) {
      hideAds();
    }
  });
});

observer.observe(document.body, {
  childList: true,
  subtree: true
});

hideAds();