TubeStop also stops YouTube ads
The TubeStop Firefox extension that I wrote in order to stop YouTube videos from auto-playing also has the serendipitous side-effect of removing ads from YouTube videos. Since YouTube is only serving ads through the player on their main site, and not on the embeddable/syndicated player, and TubeStop works by replacing YouTube's native player with the embeddable version, you won't see any ads when you're using TubeStop.
Try it out by first viewing this video without TubeStop: Rock Yo Hips. (I recommend muting your speakers; the content of the video is terrible, but it was the first video I could find with ads.) You'll see around the 15-second mark an ad pops up over the bottom 15% of the video.
Now install TubeStop, restart Firefox, and view the video again. You'll notice that while the video still sucks, there are no ads layered on it. I don't know how long this will be the case, but it works for now.
Update: It looks like Google has removed all video ads for now. I'll update this post if I come across a video that still has them. Maybe I should rename this post to "TubeStop also stops YouTube ads... FOREVER".
If you like TubeStop, check out my other YouTube-specific Firefox extension: YouTube Comment Snob. It adds powerful filtering controls to YouTube comment threads.
Christopher Finke is a software engineer at Mahalo. He is available for birthday parties and bar mitzvahs. 
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:48 am
It seems theyve taken the ad off that video! Apparently too many people were talking about it and didnt really give a damn about the shitty video, lol. Also a new comment system, and while they were at it they were kind enough to delete one of my videos
August 23rd, 2007 at 12:02 pm
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August 23rd, 2007 at 12:42 pm
What: Looks like you're right; I can't find any videos that still have ads.
August 23rd, 2007 at 12:56 pm
[...] creó para evitar que se auto-reproduzcan los vídeos de YouTube, y que según su creador también bloquea la publicidad de los vídeos. Achaca esta propiedad a que la publiciad de los vídeos solo se muestra en la web de youTube y no [...]
August 23rd, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Great!
I will use it!
August 23rd, 2007 at 3:59 pm
[...] el reproductor nativo de YouTube y no sobre el video, alguien con mucho ingenio desarrolló una extensión para Firefox para evitar ver los anuncios, llamada [...]
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:34 pm
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The TubeStop Firefox extension that I wrote in order to stop YouTube videos from auto-playing also has the serendipitous side-effect of removing ads from YouTube videos. Since YouTube is only serving ads through the player on their main site, and not o...
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:49 pm
[...] As a reaction to this, a firefox plugin was released to stop youtube ads from being displayed, the plugin can be found here TubeStop [...]
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:43 pm
[...] TubeStop es una extensión para FireFox que además de eliminar el “auto-play” de los videos de YouTube, permite ver los mismos sin anuncios. ¡Indispensable! [...]
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:29 pm
[...] la auto-reproducción de los videos de YouTube y que según informa el creador, ahora también bloquea la publicidad de los vídeos. Lamentablemente no se sabe si seguirá funcionando o no, debido a que Google ha retirado todos los [...]
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:13 pm
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August 23rd, 2007 at 9:00 pm
[...] planeaba un nuevo movimiento comercial, los usuarios ya cansados de esto se les adelantaron con TubeStop una extension para FireFox que es capaz de eliminar aquellos anuncion en los videos además de [...]
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:06 pm
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August 23rd, 2007 at 9:19 pm
[...] ads laid over the videos inside the player (I posted about the tests earlier). Today, the top story on Digg is about the TubeStop Firefox extension that strips the ads off. And despite YouTube [...]
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:34 pm
[...] TubeStop es una extensión de Firefox realizada por Cris Finke para que no se muestren, y así no veas, los anuncios en los vídeos de Youtube. [...]
August 23rd, 2007 at 10:18 pm
[...] TubeStop is an extension for Mozilla-based Web browsers that disables the new overlay system of advertising, as well as the autoplay function on YouTube videos. One application and it’s all she wrote. [...]
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:25 pm
[...] segundos la reproducción del video. Pues bien, Cris Finke lanzó una extensión para Firefox “TubeStop” que se encarga de quitar dicha [...]
August 24th, 2007 at 12:02 am
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August 24th, 2007 at 2:42 am
[...] vía: Chrisfinke, Tubestop also stops youtube ads [...]
August 24th, 2007 at 3:00 am
[...] no sólo bloquea el autoplay, sino que también, como efecto secundario, elimina la publicidad recién implementada en los videos de YouTube. Igualmente por el momento YouTube ha eliminado toda [...]
August 24th, 2007 at 3:06 am
Extensión para quitar publicidad a los videos de Youtube...
Pocos días después de anunciarse la incorporación de publicidad a los videos en youtube, ya se ha lanzado una extensión para el navegador firefox que permite ver el vídeo libre de anuncios. Ética aparte, me parece muy útil....
August 24th, 2007 at 4:15 am
[...] there’s a new kid on the block, Tubestop. Tubestop prevents YouTube’s brand new overlay ads from spoiling your videos. It works by [...]
August 24th, 2007 at 5:40 am
nice cover on this plug in. when there is ads, there is a blocker for it. fun stuff.
August 24th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
[...] el reproductor original por otro, de forma que no aparecen los anuncios. La extensión se llama Tubestop, y se puede descargar desde aquí. Multimedia, [...]
August 24th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
[...] déjà le web. Selon Adverlab, un petit malin a déjà trouvé un moyen de bloquer les pubs via une extension à installer sur Firefox. Youtube contre la Toile: qui va gagner [...]
August 25th, 2007 at 4:42 am
[...] info : TubeStop Partager — Imprimer — RSS des commentaires — Rétrolien Pour aller [...]
August 25th, 2007 at 9:42 am
Check out my cartoon taking a dig on YouTube's monetization and apparently pointing to Tubestop.
http://www.khaitan.org/mt/archives/000180.html
August 26th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Well that was quick.
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August 28th, 2007 at 12:41 am
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August 28th, 2007 at 8:14 am
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August 28th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
[...] Firefox Extension TubeStop Stops YouTube Ads [...]
September 8th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
[...] Link: Chris Finke [...]
September 19th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
[...] momento para los usuarios del navegador Firefox ya ha aparecido una extensión llamada TubeStop que dice eliminar los anuncios de los videos de YouTube sustituyendo el reproductor [...]
September 27th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
[...] Se trata de TubeStop, creada anteriormente para evitar la auto-reproducción de los videos de YouTube y que según informa el creador, ahora también bloquea la publicidad de los vídeos. [...]
October 4th, 2007 at 6:20 am
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October 24th, 2007 at 6:51 am
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December 15th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
but how youtube will pay to publishers of video ads
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December 27th, 2007 at 3:50 am
they didn't even pay per view video thought