FastForward

Name: FastForward
Rating: 4.388461538461539 (260 reviews)
Author: FastForward Team

Don't waste your time with compliance. FastForward circumvents annoying link shorteners.

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FastForward is a powerful Chrome extension designed to save your time by circumventing annoying link shorteners such as adf.ly, show.co, sub2unlock.com, and trackers like bit.ly and t.co. It blocks these disruptive sites that typically require you to wait or complete tasks before accessing your desired content. Additionally, FastForward helps protect your privacy by preventing your IP address from being logged by these platforms.

Please note that FastForward does not bypass paywalls. With the "Crowd Bypass" feature enabled, some anonymized link data and hashed IP addresses are collected to improve bypass speeds for all users. Visit the official website (https://fastforward.team/) for more information, join their Discord community, and explore the open-source repository on GitHub.

Extension

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Users:

Rating:

Version:

0.2383 Last updated: 2024-04-01

Creation date:

2021-11-14

Risk:

Permissions:

alarms
storage
tabs
declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size:

486.00KB

Email:

co*****@fastforward.team

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-14

Ranking

# 1,700 ▲ 8

Other rankings

#15852 in Tools ▼ 248 #47 in team keyword 21 ▲ 33 #135 in store keyword 52 ▲ 60 #238 in discord keyword 29 ▲ 7

Other platforms

FastForward (v0.2383)

35,475 4.70

(200)

FastForward (v0.2383)

69,815 4.40

(52)

User reviews

Users appreciate FastForward when it works on certain sites, praising its automatic bypass of annoying ad links. However, many mention that the extension is no longer maintained and fails to work on numerous popular link shorteners and ad sites. The current version in the Chrome Web Store is seen as limited, mainly blocking some trackers but not fully bypassing ads, leading to user frustration. Overall, it was once highly useful but now needs significant updates and improvements to regain its effectiveness.

Pros

Works well on some sites like ouo.io and skips ads on Linkvertise and Link.to.net.
Acts automatically and is helpful to bypass certain annoying ad links.
Was considered a very useful and indispensable extension in the past.
Generally works as advertised most of the time.
Highly appreciated by users when it worked effectively before updates.

Cons

Extension is no longer maintained or updated.
Does not work on many popular link shorteners and ad sites like Adfly, ZSHORTS, IGG-Games, Forge mod page, TikTok counters, etc.
Now only bypasses some tracker redirects from popular websites but fails to bypass annoying full ad links.
Chrome Web Store version is more limited and less effective than earlier versions available outside the store.
Needs a serious overhaul to support all needed bypasses and functions effectively again.

Recent reviews

They're no longer maintaining this extension just so you guys know.

Sp*****, 2025-06-29

Blockt garnichts

mr*****, 2025-06-10

doesnt work on ouo

Ro*****, 2025-05-04

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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FastForward requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

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FastForward has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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