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SponsorBlock (and DeArrow)

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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.

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SponsorBlock is an open-source crowdsourced browser extension and open API for skipping sponsor segments in YouTube videos. (sponsor.ajay.app)
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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.

Check status.sponsor.ajay.app for server status.

There are currently 13,033,165 users who have submitted 17,777,498 skip segments, which have saved a total of 5090 years and 66.46 days of people's lives. Check out the leaderboard.

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[–] GreenEngineering3475 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's a must have if you watch YouTube on desktop.

[–] jimmydoreisalefty 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I agree; even on Android it works really well. 

Some YT forks have it built in already. 

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And revanced adds it to the official app

[–] jimmydoreisalefty 1 points 2 months ago

Awesome!