Link:
- lemmy.world/c/sponsorblock
- [email protected]
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.
What are the chances of having podcasts added to sponsorblock?
I believe someone had asked for it and they said it was nearly impossible. You’d be able to do it in a single given app maybe, but the « download an episode by default » system, the (wonderful) variety of podcasting apps, and the variety of podcast ad services all make it nearly impossible. It’s somewhere in the issues!
I don’t understand what any of that have to do with it. Downloading? The number of apps doesn’t matter, as they’re all tied to the same RSS feeds. If your provider is injecting ads into your podcasts just…stop using them?
RSS feeds + timestamps = sponsorblock.
DeArrow has a bad habit of renaming videos that don’t need to be renamed. For example, ‘History of the Entire World I Guess’ was renamed to ‘History of the World.’ Ain’t nobody clicking on that.
Daily reminder that SponsorBlock, unlike adiacent solutions (Like AdBlocks for example) is not necessarily “good”.
Explicit sponsorship inside a video is considered to be one of a few good solution to the issue of content creators being naturally subjected to death by starvation.
Explicit sponsorship inside a video is considered to be one of a few good solution to the issue of content creators being naturally subjected to death by starvation.
It’s better on the issue of tracking, but if one is just an opponent of ads in general, there is no difference.
I would rather pay someone than watch ads (which I do if I watch their content regularly). I subscribe to Nebula, where a lot of the creators I watch post their videos. I also support some through Patreon. I wish there was a way to pay for just a single video, since some creators only occasionally produce videos I want to watch.
Ads promote overconsumption, and I don’t think anyone should be forced to see them, unless they want to. Also, the sponsors are always the same 10 shitty companies (Betterhelp, Raid Shadow Legends, NordVPN…). I don’t care for these companies, so why should I be forced to watch ads for them?
I wish there was a way to pay for just a single video
There totally is, just send them a low amount of money or do the hwole Youtube Premium thing.
advertising is emotional manipulation that i do not wish to be subjected to when not actively seeking it out. doesn’t matter if it’s done out of necessity, give me as a viewer a way to support you directly if that’s the situation.
It does matter and most people obviously give you ways to directly support them.
and i pay those people if i engage with their creations. i still get ads in their videos, so i use sponsorblock.
No you don’t.
my patreon bill is about $100 a month, I have a nebula subscription, and i pay for dropout, so yes i do.
No, no, no.
Fuck ads in any form, and fuck you for trying to normalize/justify them.
Oh, I guess I’ll bite…
If ads are not acceptable ever, please tell me how you think people should be supported.
- Crowdfunding is not enough.
- The culture is to reject any type of business, even when it’s a small mom-and-pop shop, or an indie dev.
- Co-ops could work, but (usually) require some level of affinity between the members (e.g: people from the same geographical region or artists working on some specific style/school) or they require some rich benefactor to bootstrap the venture.
Unless you are expecting people to just provide you free content forever, what do you suggest?
You don’t see free open source platforms and software advertise everywhere, do you?
How is that an answer to my question?
The answer to your question is the implied answer you can gleam from my rhetorical reply by comparing how free open source platforms such as Wikipedia and Mozilla operate. If you had any reading comprehension or critical thinking skills you wouldn’t have needed to ask (hint: my non-sequitur implies I have a weak argument).
The majority of Mozilla’s income comes from advertising for Google
Well, fuck you as well :)
You know I never knew what DeArrow was but something I’ve always found annoying about YouTube is that when a title is long, the only way to read it is to open the video
You can also hover over the title to see the full thing. But this also got annoying since they start playing the video when you hover, so sometimes when you take too long it’ll mark the video as played. I honestly hate that hover play feature, who actually wants to watch a video from the start in that tiny ass window? The thing where they’d show some stills from several points in the video was much better imo.
I use Sponsorblock, enjoy it, and promote it whenever appropriate… but do we really a whole community for that? What do you want to talk about it there?
hahaha, interesting, thanks for the questions!
do we really a whole community for that?
Why not.
It is just another new community like many on lemmy.
What do you want to talk about it there?
People can talk about SponsorBlock and the like.
I honestly do not get it. Look at the pinned post: “Creating a new community is easy, but to get people on board, you need to create some content.”
Please, let’s not get into this habit of creating communities without having any clear purpose. It only makes things look even deader than they already are.
It’s because OP is a tankie — possibly a Russian operative — trying to build as many communities to moderate on lemmy as they can, so they can post propaganda in an echo chamber, ban users for wrongthink, and control the narrative.
I can’t find OP in that thread. Is this just conspiracy speculation?
OP is the original poster, so https://lemmy.world/u/jimmydoreisalefty
I just had a look at their profiles, the number of communities is quite high indeed.
What do you want to talk about it there?
Intrigued as well
