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Refresh youtube videos (uBlock Origin Lite ad workaround)

When a video starts, this refreshes the new video immediately as workaround to issue of uBlock Origin Lite not blocking the unwanted content and requiring manual refresh.

  1. // ==UserScript==
  2. // @name         Refresh youtube videos (uBlock Origin Lite ad workaround)
  3. // @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
  4. // @description  When a video starts, this refreshes the new video immediately as workaround to issue of uBlock Origin Lite not blocking the unwanted content and requiring manual refresh.
  5. // @version      2024-12-29_3
  6. // @author       Xcape
  7. // @match        https://www.youtube.com/*
  8. // @icon         https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/lsanoOfx5N_t-7gh5Qg9FGIirVEjdCqalZXyLZYRd5d7Fydm83FQhu4Oq0JmlRyMtyF_LfwuQQZyKRTHs6emnFirsA=s60
  9. // @grant        none
  10. // @license      MIT
  11. // ==/UserScript==
  12.  
  13. (function() {
  14.     'use strict';
  15.  
  16.     let checkID = localStorage.getItem('checkID');
  17.  
  18.       setInterval(() => {
  19.           const videoID = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get('v');
  20.           if (videoID !== null) {
  21.             if (videoID !== checkID) {
  22.                 checkID = videoID;
  23.                 localStorage.setItem('checkID', checkID);
  24.                 setTimeout(() => {
  25.                     location.reload();
  26.                 }, 500);
  27.             }
  28.           } else {
  29.             localStorage.setItem('checkID', 'blahblah');
  30.           }
  31.       }, 100);
  32.  
  33. })();