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.

  • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
    7·
    4 months ago

    Not a fan of avoiding clickbait titles & thumbnails, because then you still click on such videos and support those practices. I rather just block all channels using those tactics.

    • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
      41·
      4 months ago

      It’s a nice thought but unfortunately that’s virtually every channel on YouTube, because that’s the way YouTube likes it.

      • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
        2·
        4 months ago

        Hence why I barely watch YT anymore. The few channels not resorting to this bullshit are definitely a minority and also hard to find.

    • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      46·
      4 months ago

      Interesting, that is a lot of blocking, and it seems like a really small pool of certain types of people and information!

      You know what you only want to see; thanks for sharing your views on the matter.

      • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
        3·
        4 months ago

        Nowadays, yes. But that comes down to the fact that most people don’t care, which continuously degrades YT content to what it is now, and further degrades it into even more of an absurdity. That’s why I barely watch YT videos anymore, and I was a pretty active viewer in the past, being with the platform pretty much since its creation. Boycotts unfortunately only work if people collectively pull through, but at least I can say that I personally stay out of the nonsense. It’s not like there aren’t other things I could be doing.