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On 24/03/2026 05:44 pm, Davey wrote:

On Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:23:17 +0000
JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:

On 24/03/2026 02:07 pm, Davey wrote:

On Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:56:03 -0000
Apd <not@all.invalid> wrote:

Davey wrote:

On Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:00:10 -0000
Apd wrote:

<https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock>

Although thinking about it, as this was the only film I have ever
watched on Youtube, and it has not impressed me, in fact it has
ensured that I will never, ever, buy anything from Primark, I
really do not

I don't know about internet ads because I rarely see them. My
attitude is if something is over-advertised then it's not worth
buying.

On that I wholeheartedly agree.

intend to spend time adding something to my PC that I am unlikely
to ever use. I will take the risk.

Since your existing ad-blocker is not doing such a good job, I
thought you might like to replace it.

I have had no reason to even consider that my current blockers have
any problem. This is the first occasion in several years.
If I had had uBlock installed when I watched Homicide..., which I
streamed, what would I haven seen instead of the adverts when they
would otherwise have been displayed? Would the display have jumped
directly to the after-advert. time, or substituted a blank screen?

The mp4 (or whatever) file used on the YouTube servers does not have
gaps for ads. The YT system simply pauses the playback and shows an
ad (or ads) instead, reverting to the point where the content gave
way to the advertising when that has finished. If you download the YT
file, it is whole and unmolested.

...but without subtitles.

Very probably.
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