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What is this?
SponsorBlock is an open-source, crowdsourced browser extension that skips sponsor segments in YouTube videos. Users submit the timestamps where a sponsor plug happens, and the extension automatically skips those segments for everyone else.
SponsorBlock is an open-source, crowdsourced browser extension that skips sponsor segments in YouTube videos. Users submit the timestamps where a sponsor plug happens, and the extension automatically skips those segments for everyone else.Do I need an account or API key to use it?No signup is required to use the extension itself; it just needs to talk to the public SponsorBlock backend/database to fetch and submit segments.
No signup is required to use the extension itself; it just needs to talk to the public SponsorBlock backend/database to fetch and submit segments.Does skipping always work perfectly?Skipping relies on crowdsourced submissions, so coverage depends on whether a video's sponsor segments have already been reported by someone else; it's not a guaranteed universal filter.
Skipping relies on crowdsourced submissions, so coverage depends on whether a video's sponsor segments have already been reported by someone else; it's not a guaranteed universal filter.Does it only work in the official browser, or on forks too?It works across Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Opera) and Firefox, and it also integrates with Invidious, the alternative YouTube frontend.
It works across Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Opera) and Firefox, and it also integrates with Invidious, the alternative YouTube frontend.Where does the backend server code live?The backend server code is maintained in a separate repository linked from the README, and it uses NewLeaf to fetch video info from YouTube.
The backend server code is maintained in a separate repository linked from the README, and it uses NewLeaf to fetch video info from YouTube.Was this built from scratch?No, it was originally forked from YTSponsorSkip, though very little of the original code remains today.
No, it was originally forked from YTSponsorSkip, though very little of the original code remains today.What are similar projects?Card-master-browser-extension-public, cat-catch, SwitchyOmega, metamask-extension, uBlock, return-youtube-dislike, Youtube-Pro-Plus, desktop_gifs
Card-master-browser-extension-public, cat-catch, SwitchyOmega, metamask-extension, uBlock, return-youtube-dislike, Youtube-Pro-Plus, desktop_gifsWhich topics is it in?adblocker, opera, sponsorblock, adblock, chromium, firefox, extension, firefox-extension, chrome, youtube, chrome-extension, browser-extension
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