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iSponsorBlockTV v2: SponsorBlock for TVs and game consoles

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Re: iSponsorBlockTV v2: SponsorBlock for TVs and game consoles

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Post by jonhohle »

pests wrote: post #56
ajsnigrutin wrote: post #49

On the other hand, youtube is trying hard to stop adblock use in general on browsers.. down to the level of having to update ublock lists hourly, get popup mssages, and playlists stopping playback after three videos. https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/173jmog/youtu...

After disabling my adblock for YT I noticed the video player has gotten much worse. I always saw preroll ads still but now all of them are completely jarring. My previous player seemed to play them inline whereas now they load separately, jump abruptly, much more annoying.

Vinegar for iOS and macOS uses the native player. Along with adblocking I rarely see the FOPRA (flash of pre-roll ads). Whenever I use a native app (FireTV, Apple TV) I’m annoyed by the now ≥10s unskippable ads.

Re: iSponsorBlockTV v2: SponsorBlock for TVs and game consoles

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Post by chii »

munk-a wrote: post #39
jrmg wrote: post #33

For some reason I feel a lot worse about the idea of automatically skipping sponsor sections of YouTube videos than I do about blocking web ads.

I don't - the creator already got paid... and if it devalues ads to the point of sponsors no longer trying to inject marketing into videos and creators relying on patreon/similar I think we'd be in a better world.

> creators relying on patreon/similar I think we'd be in a better world.

so do you sign on to any patreons for any of the creators you watched?

Re: iSponsorBlockTV v2: SponsorBlock for TVs and game consoles

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Post by benhurmarcel »

tpmx wrote: post #10

Youtube recently emailed me to say that they are cancelling the Youtube Premium Lite plan ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37649777 ) that I've been on for 3 years. This looks interesting.

That’s a shame, I was waiting for this plan to be available in my country to get it.

Re: iSponsorBlockTV v2: SponsorBlock for TVs and game consoles

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Post by littlecranky67 »

nextlevelwizard wrote: post #73
danShumway wrote: post #34

Sponsorblock has been a Godsend for me; it's something you don't really think about but adds up. The sponsored segments are not even really the biggest advantage, it also skips intros and outros and interaction reminders, which are huge. I am convinced that being really aggressive about blocking advertisements helps with my ADHD and helps me focus better. I don't have science to back that up, just my anecdotal self-r…

Long intros are the worst. You had a nice click bait title and thumbnail fucking get to the content instead of telling me how busy you have been and how you feel/sound sick or entire history of everything and everyone even remotely related to the topic if the video. Just give me the meat and give it to me raw

Look at the Clickbait Remover extension for youtube, it replaces the thumbnails with true thumbs crested from the video

Re: iSponsorBlockTV v2: SponsorBlock for TVs and game consoles

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Post by dmunozv04 »

consp wrote: post #69
dmunozv04 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It actually works for both. It will skip/mute YouTube ads. Only ads that have the ‘skip’ button will be skipped

Which is pretty much none these days.

I’ve found that having ads muting is much less obstructive. It’s not ideal but it improves it a bit

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Post by jbirer »

nextlevelwizard wrote: post #73
danShumway wrote: post #34

Sponsorblock has been a Godsend for me; it's something you don't really think about but adds up. The sponsored segments are not even really the biggest advantage, it also skips intros and outros and interaction reminders, which are huge. I am convinced that being really aggressive about blocking advertisements helps with my ADHD and helps me focus better. I don't have science to back that up, just my anecdotal self-r…

Long intros are the worst. You had a nice click bait title and thumbnail fucking get to the content instead of telling me how busy you have been and how you feel/sound sick or entire history of everything and everyone even remotely related to the topic if the video. Just give me the meat and give it to me raw

You can skip past all that just by skipping the gaping mouth soyjak thumbnails.

Re: iSponsorBlockTV v2: SponsorBlock for TVs and game consoles

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Post by _Algernon_ »

someotherperson wrote: post #58
Ayesh wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately I don't think it's possible. The router can only intercept as far as DNS goes, and DNS Blocklists are already incapable of blocking YouTube ads.

Routers run operating systems like everything else does though. What would make my OpenWRT router running this any different from another device on the network?

It only has access to the encrypted payload, while the client has access to the decrypted payload.
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