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Updated Features
1. Notification System: Real-time notifications for script actions, errors, and update availability.
2. Health Monitoring: Periodic checks to ensure the script is working correctly and skipping ads.
3. Automatic Update Alerts: Notifies users when a new version of the script is available for download.
4. Enhanced Error Handling: Alerts users if the script encounters issues or stops functioning.
5. Improved Logging: Detailed console logs for tracking skipped ads, removed elements, and errors.
6. Ad-Skipping Enhancements: Automatically mutes unskippable ads and removes overlays for smoother playback.
7. Resource Efficiency: Observers disconnect after prolonged inactivity to save browser resources.

What’s Improved in the Fixed Version?
1. Selective Targeting:
• The script now checks if ytd-popup-container contains “ad blocker” related content before removing it.
• This prevents interference with notifications and other valid popups.
2. Optimized DOM Observers:
• The MutationObserver now processes only newly added nodes instead of blindly scanning the DOM.
• This improves performance and reduces CPU usage.
3. Safer Ad Skipping:
• Ads are skipped and removed only when matching specific ad selectors.
• Ensures that no unrelated elements are affected.
4. Improved Resource Management:
• Observers automatically disconnect after 5 minutes, reducing resource consumption for users who keep YouTube open for long sessions.
5. Better Logging:
• Added clear console logs for each action, making it easier to debug and understand what the script is doing.

1. Overlay Removal:
• Targets and removes YouTube’s anti-ad blocker overlay dynamically using DOM observation.
2. Ad Skipping:
• Automatically skips video ads, closes overlay ads, and removes banner ads.
3. Dynamic Monitoring:
• Observes DOM changes in real time to address new ads or overlays.

1. Randomized Delays: Introduces random timing for initialization to mimic human behavior.
2. Simplified and Stealthy: Reduces the frequency of console logs and minimizes the script’s footprint to avoid detection.
3. Debounced Actions: Limits DOM manipulations to improve performance and reduce chances of being flagged.
4. Avoids Over-Customization: Focuses only on critical ad-blocking features without excessive dependencies.

Key Changes:

1. Fetch Request Handling:
• Improved URL extraction to handle Request objects passed to fetch.
2. Throttling:
• Introduced throttle to limit how often removeAdElements runs, reducing strain on the browser.
3. MutationObserver Optimization:
• Added a timeout to disconnect the observer after a reasonable duration, improving performance in long browsing sessions.
4. DOMContentLoaded Listener:
• Ensures the listener runs only once using the { once: true } option.
5. Performance Logging:
• Logs messages to the console for monitoring script actions and performance.