Don't Make Me Watch

Keep ads from pausing when you switch to another tab

Don't Make Me Watch: Stop Ads Pausing

"Don't Make Me Watch" is a Chrome extension that disables the Page Visibility API, keeping ads playing even when you're not actively viewing the tab.

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-06-29

By: wyattttttt

Users: 2,000+

Rating: 4.33

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Version: 2.0.0 (Last updated: 2018-05-29)

Creation date: 2018-05-29

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood:

High risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Size: 16.62K

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Disables the Page Visibility API so content that you are trying to avoid doesn't pause while you're away.

User reviews

I have not investigated why, but this addon breaks angular apps navigation (at least in dev mode). Looks like it uses some high level wrappers that breaks NgZone from running properly