YT sponsor add-on

I've tried to post this yesterday but it was flagged by Reddit, not by the mods - not sure why. So I'll try again:

A year ago, I changed my default browser to Brave, specially due to the built-in function of blocking ads on YT - both on my computer and on my smartphone.

On my computer however, I went a bit further and installed as well an extension that detects and skips automatically the sponsor section of any video.

And since it works perfectly, I was wndering how can I do the same on my phone. I know that the app doesn't support extensions, but I remember when I found out about the sponsorblock add-on, someone else commented that it was possible to have something similar on your phone too (but I can't find that anywhere now).

\- Can someone help me with this? Thank you ☺️

(side-note: English is not my main language, so if anything sounds a bit confusing, let me know so I can try rephrase it better. Thank you!)

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Is this even possible?

God bless ublock origin submitted by /u/25toten [link] [comments]

Since YouTube's war on ad blockers is clearly never going to end, what's your long-term game plan?

Yeah, I know we've seen a ton of posts about YouTube glitching out video players if you have an ad blocker enabled.

But let's be real for a second: Google isn't going to stop.

With Manifest V3 stripping down extension capabilities, the current workarounds and script updates we're relying on feel like temporary band-aids. What works today will probably be obsolete by next month when they change their server-side ad injection again.

Browser extensions are losing this arms race. So, what's the actual endgame here? are we all eventually going to use a VPN to spoof our location to some random corner of the world, and buy YouTube Premium for like $0.99 a month? (JK... unless?)

Let's hear your long-term setups.

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Safari with Adblock for Safari and Adblock Pro Safari can't play YouTube Videos

Just today Safari - which has Adblock for Safari and Adblockpro for Safari - came up with that message above when I tried to play a YouTube video. Is there a way around it, or is YouTube going to force feed me with absolutely insufferable ads as a price for watching YouTube videos? submitted by /u/Charming_Airline7419 [link] [comments]

Youtube is up to its usual shenanigans. I'm on brave browser, how do I make this shit fuck off?

they can pry my adblock from my cold dead hands submitted by /u/SpitefulBitch2 [link] [comments]

i am SO SICK of ads on the youtube app (ios.) without telling me to get the brave browser, how i block youtube ads in the APP, if i even can at all

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I made a device that automatically mutes TV ads. Would love some feedback.

Hey everyone, over the past few months I've been working on a device that will automatically detect and mute TV commercials. I started this project after growing frustrated with the sheer number and repetition of TV commercials particularly on streaming services. I started manually muting commercials when they came on, but for those of you who also do that know, it can get annoying to keep on top of. I realize I could pay for "ad-free" streaming tiers but with a lot of the services you still get served ads and the costs of those tiers are getting pretty pricey nowadays (especially if you have multiple streaming services). Plus ads on cable or other non-streaming platforms still exist, so it doesn't totally solve the problem. So I set out to build something that would silence commercials regardless of the platform without having to manually mute. The device I've built analyzes real-time outbound audio data from TVs to detect ads, and then modulates the downstream audio depending on the detection state. This modulation could be muting, turning down the volume, or perhaps splicing in your own audio content. For now, it just mutes, but those other options would be pretty trivial to put together. The hardware involved in this project is pretty straightforward and currently uses off-the-shelf components since I'm still in the testing/demo phase. Right now it can accept audio from an aux, RCA, or optical source and the outbound audio is played through an aux. The bulk of the technical complexity and challenge is on the software side. So far I'm able to pretty reliably detect ads, but it's still fairly buggy and a little ways off from being ready to fully share with the public. One thing to note, however, this project/architecture requires the use of external speakers. Since the audio analysis and modulation has to happen after exiting the TV (due to the HDCP encryption used to protect content and DMCA 1201) this project isn't able to mute commercials on the TV speakers themselves. To be perfectly candid I'd love to be able to turn this project into a product. But before I spend even more time and effort on it to get it to that point, I thought I should reach out to relevant communities and get thoughts/feedback from folks to see if other people care about this problem or if this is something that just uniquely bothers me. Since I don't have anything to sell at this point and am not sure if the final product will be closed/open source, hopefully this post is consistent with the rules of this sub. With all of that said I would love to hear what people's thoughts are on the project. Really what I'm trying to figure out is: Are you bothered by TV ads enough to want to use/pay for a device like this? Would you prefer a soundbar/speaker system with this tech built in, or an inline device that would allow any speakers to be used? If you'd like to answer these questions in a survey format so I can analyze the responses a bit easier, here's a link: https://forms.gle/Mzr9YPAfu3rkNnw96. It's just the same questions as above so shouldn't take more than a minute. Please let me know what questions, concerns, feedback, or input you might have. Thanks! submitted by /u/Narrow_House_4007 [link] [comments]