SponsorBlock (and DeArrow) - Lemmy.World
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Community for SponsorBlock (and DeArrow): SponsorBlock is a crowdsourced extension to skip sponsor segments in YouTube videos. DeArrow is a crowdsourced extension to replace titles and thumbnails on YouTube videos with more accuracy and less sensationalism. — SponsorBlock is an open-source crowdsourced browser extension and open API for skipping sponsor segments in YouTube videos. Users submit when a sponsor happens from the extension, and the extension automatically skips sponsors it knows about using a privacy preserving query system. It also supports skipping other categories, such as intros, outros and reminders to subscribe, and skipping to the point with highlight. The source code is fully open and the database can be downloaded by anyone. I want to keep this as open as possible! You can view the docs for the public API or host a mirror. — Links: - status.sponsor.ajay.app - sponsor.ajay.app/ - sponsor.ajay.app/news - dearrow.ajay.app/ - x.com/SponsorBlock [http://x.com/SponsorBlock] - fosstodon.org/@sponsorblock [http://fosstodon.org/@sponsorblock] - Created by Ajay Ramachandran: ajay.app/ - Logo by @munadikieh: github.com/munadikieh [http://github.com/munadikieh]

Link:

  1. lemmy.world/c/sponsorblock
  2. !sponsorblock@lemmy.world

SponsorBlock is an open-source crowdsourced browser extension and open API for skipping sponsor segments in YouTube videos. Users submit when a sponsor happens from the extension, and the extension automatically skips sponsors it knows about using a privacy preserving query system. It also supports skipping other categories, such as intros, outros and reminders to subscribe, and skipping to the point with highlight.

The source code is fully open and the database can be downloaded by anyone. I want to keep this as open as possible! You can view the docs for the public API or host a mirror.

  • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    165·
    3 months ago

    IMO: Ads are ads, even if they come from the creator themselves.

    People will support them if they can and if they want to.

    Many ways to support them, direct funding, talking about them, making communities, and other stuff.

    • dwindling7373English
      72·
      3 months ago

      That’s not your opinion. Ads are, indeed, ads.

      Not all ads are invasive soul seeking tracking nightmares and no, there are not “many ways” for content creators to do that full-time.

      • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        67·
        3 months ago

        That’s not your opinion.

        Okay.

        Not all ads are invasive soul seeking tracking nightmares

        Ads are ads; it doesn’t matter if they are “good” or “bad,” unless you want to watch them like most people do because they don’t mind or they don’t know how to block them.

        no, there are not “many ways” for content creators to do that full-time.

        If they do not get the engagement or funds they need, they will either paywall or find other ways to support themselves; or they will just not make it on YouTube or streaming, like many people before them, unless they continue to fight on while learning and failling.

        This reminds me of some small business talks; it is a harsh capitalistic world; you give up or keep trying.

        I still say grassroots funding and support is the way to go if they are just doing it for the hobby or for what they believe.

          • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            57·
            3 months ago

            TIL, cool for them.

            I use other YT forks and systems that already implement similar techniques even if they are “good” or “bad” ads.

            I am also for Sailing the High Seas.

            We have a difference in opinion on this matter, but thanks for the small chat and the link!

            This is the section you are talking about:

            SponsorBlock

            This year, a developer worked on implementing support for SponsorBlock in NewPipe. SponsorBlock is a crowd-sourced database listing sponsored sections in videos, which are automatically skipped by clients such as web browsers, using extensions.

            While SponsorBlock’s implementation apparently takes care to preserve user privacy (you can, e.g., download the entire database for offline use, and its regular querying system is also well made), it targets an ethical advertising system. Its purpose is to help users, who probably don’t realise that sponsorship is one of the most ethical ways to fund their favorite content, automatically skip sponsored sections of videos.

            Morally, it’s a very questionable system. Of course, some sponsoring may be of little relevance to the user, or maybe even intrusive or hidden. But SponsorBlock doesn’t differentiate between ethical and unethical advertisements. It just skips all kinds of sponsored sections.