Makes video ads calm instead of loud. It doesn't block them — it just stops them reaching you.
When an ad starts, Patience covers the video with a plain dark grey box and mutes it. If the ad has a countdown, the box shows the seconds remaining. If the platform offers a Skip button, Patience clicks it the moment it becomes available. If the ad has no timing signal at all, the box is just a box.
Not published yet. Both store listings are in preparation.
Patience is not an ad blocker. It does not intercept, block, or modify any network request, and it uses no filter lists.
The ad still loads. The ad still plays. The ad still registers as watched with the ad network. Patience changes what reaches you — the picture and the sound — and automates clicking a button the platform itself already put on the screen.
This is a deliberate design constraint, not an oversight. Because nothing is blocked, there is nothing for an anti-adblock check to detect.
| Situation | What you see |
|---|---|
| Ad with a skip countdown | Dark box with the seconds remaining, then auto-skipped |
| Ad with a fixed duration, no skip | Dark box with the time remaining |
| Ad with no timing signal at all | Dark box, no number |
| Any of the above, clicked on | Nothing — the box absorbs the click |
That last row matters. The overlay is a wall: clicking it will never open the advertiser's link, which is otherwise very easy to do by accident when you meant to pause the video.
| Site | Countdown read from | Autoskip |
|---|---|---|
| YouTube | the ad's own media clock | Yes — clicks the platform's Skip button |
| Prime Video | the countdown the player prints | No — Prime Video ads cannot be skipped by anyone |
Detection rules are per-site data, not code, so supporting a new platform does not mean rewriting the extension — and when a platform redesigns its player, the fix is a file on this server rather than a store update that waits in a review queue.
Nothing, and no data. Patience has no accounts, no analytics, no telemetry and no tracking of any kind. Your settings live in your own browser. The full details are in the privacy policy.