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Userscript for allowing for lurking as a Twitch user. Press the Raw button to trigger install.
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| // ==UserScript== | |
| // @name TwitchAllowLurks | |
| // @namespace https://socksthewolf.com/ | |
| // @version 0.2.4 | |
| // @description Disable HTML5 Page Visibility API to prevent Twitch ads from stopping lurks | |
| // @author kookxiang (code) & socksthewolf (config) | |
| // @match https://twitch.tv/* | |
| // @match https://m.twitch.tv/* | |
| // @match https://www.twitch.tv/* | |
| // @exclude https://www.twitch.tv/popout/*/guest-star | |
| // @exclude https://www.twitch.tv/settings/* | |
| // @grant none | |
| // @run-at document-start | |
| // @downloadURL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/SocksTheWolf/822155d955661416df1dde5a48cb3e73/raw/twitchallowlurks.user.js | |
| // ==/UserScript== | |
| // stop visibility monitoring events | |
| document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', function (e) { e.stopImmediatePropagation(); }, true); | |
| // disable unfocus events | |
| window.addEventListener('blur', function (e) { e.stopImmediatePropagation(); }, true); | |
| // override document.visibilityState to always return the page is visible | |
| Object.defineProperty(document, 'visibilityState', { get: function () { return "visible"; } }); | |
| // override document.hidden to always return that the page is rendering | |
| Object.defineProperty(document, 'hidden', { get: function () { return false; } }); |
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Huge thanks for this, I hope this will help! Much prefer a solution like this over a browser-wide extension.