Adblock Radio: An adblocker for live radio streams and podcasts

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Post by albertzeyer » Tue, Sep 24, 2019, 8:14 AM UTC

Adblock Radio: An adblocker for live radio streams and podcasts
github.com

Re: Adblock Radio: An adblocker for live radio streams and podcasts

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Post by motdiem » Tue, Sep 24, 2019, 9:34 AM UTC

previous conversation here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18855029

Re: Adblock Radio: An adblocker for live radio streams and podcasts

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Post by dest » Tue, Sep 24, 2019, 9:46 AM UTC

Hello, author of Adblock Radio here. Thanks for posting this. I can answer questions if you have any.

You can read more on the context of this project in this article: https://www.adblockradio.com/blog/2018/11/15/designing-audio...

Re: Adblock Radio: An adblocker for live radio streams and podcasts

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Post by MadMatt13 » Tue, Sep 24, 2019, 9:50 AM UTC

Ok This is incredible. Can we make PRs or something to propose new radio streams? I will definitely use it a lot.

Re: Adblock Radio: An adblocker for live radio streams and podcasts

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Post by dest » Tue, Sep 24, 2019, 9:51 AM UTC

MadMatt13 wrote: post #4

Ok This is incredible. Can we make PRs or something to propose new radio streams? I will definitely use it a lot.

Head to https://github.com/adblockradio/available-models

Re: Adblock Radio: An adblocker for live radio streams and podcasts

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Post by Yuval_Halevi » Tue, Sep 24, 2019, 9:52 AM UTC

Usually, I don't like when projects describe themselves using large brands as comparison.

But this one is great

'Machine learning meets Shazam.'

Re: Adblock Radio: An adblocker for live radio streams and podcasts

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Post by Tepix » Tue, Sep 24, 2019, 9:53 AM UTC

I think the podcasts i listen to will not work, the moderators speak the ads themselves. Luckily it‘s easy to skip ahead 15 seconds at a time. At least ads in podcasts cannot track me so i don‘t feel i have to block them for that reason alone.

Re: Adblock Radio: An adblocker for live radio streams and podcasts

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Post by MadMatt13 » Tue, Sep 24, 2019, 9:54 AM UTC

dest wrote: post #5

MadMatt13 wrote: post #4

Ok This is incredible. Can we make PRs or something to propose new radio streams? I will definitely use it a lot.

Head to https://github.com/adblockradio/available-models

Thanks I didn't notice. I love the initiative, will try to become maintainer of my favourite radio.

Re: Adblock Radio: An adblocker for live radio streams and podcasts

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Post by dest » Tue, Sep 24, 2019, 9:55 AM UTC

Tepix wrote: post #7

I think the podcasts i listen to will not work, the moderators speak the ads themselves. Luckily it‘s easy to skip ahead 15 seconds at a time. At least ads in podcasts cannot track me so i don‘t feel i have to block them for that reason alone.

Indeed in this situation it will not work in the current state of the ad detector.

Re: Adblock Radio: An adblocker for live radio streams and podcasts

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Post by heavenlyblue » Tue, Sep 24, 2019, 10:00 AM UTC

Yuval_Halevi wrote: post #6

Usually, I don't like when projects describe themselves using large brands as comparison. But this one is great 'Machine learning meets Shazam.'

This is like saying "SERP meets Google".