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SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube

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661 points anotherhue | 1 comments | 12 Aug 24 09:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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delta_p_delta_x ◴[13 Aug 24 06:35 UTC] No.41232877[source]▶
For anyone using an Android phone, the ReVanced[1] patches for the YouTube app (formerly just YouTube Vanced) applies both an adblock and SponsorBlock, on top of various other convenience features. You'll need to provide your own YouTube APK file to patch.

I'll never go back to using non-Vanced YouTube ever again.

Advertisements are a blight on this world. They are the reason for marketing and sales budgets being quadruple that of engineering and UI/UX budgets, the whole 'form before function' thing, and enshittification in general.

[1]: https://revanced.app/patches?pkg=com.google.android.youtube

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1. BLKNSLVR ◴[13 Aug 24 22:49 UTC] No.41240667[source]▶
The only thing that moved me on from using (Re)Vanced was setting up my own Invidious instance, and using the Clipious app (F-Droid store) to access it.

Clipious, by default, connects to public instances of Invidious, so you can try it out without having to setup your own instance.

ReVanced remains my backup option, however.