Eliminates interruptions from YouTube ads (video pre-rolls, banners, overlays, search ads) and automatically clicks the skip button or fast-forwards through unskippable ads, saving users time and improving the viewing experience.

1. User installs extension. 2. Extension runs content script (aop/e.js) on all pages at document_start. 3. On YouTube pages, a setInterval loop checks for ad elements (.ad-showing, skip buttons, overlay ads). 4. If a skip button is found, it is auto-clicked. If no skip button, the ad video's currentTime is set to its duration to fast-forward. 5. Ad-related DOM elements are hidden via display:none. 6. Background service worker fetches blocking rules from backend.ytadblock.com and applies declarativeNetRequest rules to block ad network requests (doubleclick.net, pagead, imasdk, etc.).

Target users: YouTube viewers who want an ad-free experience / Users who want faster YouTube page and video loading

Large amount of commented-out code makes it harder to determine the full intended functionality (e.g., commented-out Facebook ad collection code suggests past or planned unrelated features).
The backend API at backend.ytadblock.com is actively called (intiate, updaterule, rules endpoints) but the exact response format and whether it gates any functionality is unclear without live testing.
No popup/options UI HTML files found in the package, so UI-based paid features or login forms would be impossible via UI alone.

Monetization

No paid features detected

No evidence of paid features, subscriptions, or payment flows. No references to premium, upgrade, subscription, stripe, paypal, payment, or billing anywhere in the source code. The extension is entirely free to use. The 'pro' keyword hits are all false positives from words like 'process', 'Promise', 'proxy', and 'promoted' in ad-blocking selector strings.

Confidence: 95
Payment platform: --
Source: AI / High
Login required: No
Reason: No user authentication or account creation is required. The extension generates an anonymous random extensionId/uid on install (background/background.js lines 327-333, 544-552) and sends it to backend.ytadblock.com for tracking/analytics purposes only. All 'token' and 'userid' keyword hits are about anonymous device identifiers, not user login credentials. No login UI exists and no authentication flow is present.

Permission risk

High-risk permissions

This estimate uses declared permissions and host permissions to assess access scope and sensitivity.

敏感权限：declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
扩展能力较强：storage
主机权限覆盖范围较宽

Publisher

autoskipyt

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