Sponsorblock can be janky to set up. If you set it up wrong it either doesn't skip or skips unrelated parts. I had to actually double check how to properly set it up.

I'd imagine most people would give up instead of double checking.

I agree on adblock tho. uBlock Origin is amazing

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

SponsorBlock is IMO not that hard to set up, and I haven't even seen YouTube actively fight against its use; the problem is that the sponsor segment timestamps are community-sourced, which means 1) they might not yet be submitted by the time you watch a recently published video and 2) they're often very lazily done (but of course both are better than nothing).

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 7 months ago

I uses to think SB skipped unrelated parts, but it turns out it just cuts the whole ads away so I was always left wonder if there was any ad at all.

[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Is skipping 30-120 seconds ahead in a video that hard if you don't wanna watch the sponsored bit?

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

It’s really nice to have videos do it automatically though. I don’t even think about it anymore.

[–] Sheeple@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

It isn't.

It's just intensely convenient where it makes the experience more enjoyable

[–] Reddit_Is_Trash@reddthat.com 1 points 7 months ago

No, but with sponserblock I don't have to, it's automated for me.

Is standing by your microwave for 60 seconds that hard? No, but the ability to set a timer and have it turn off after 60 seconds is mighty convenient.

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You have to set up sponsor block? This is news to me

[–] Sheeple@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's basically just one button press that is "Yeah I wanna skip stuff" and if you press the wrong button because most people don't FUCKING READ you might mess up your settings

[–] olmium@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Just change it so it doesn't auto skip anything. Done.

[–] MySkinIsFallingOff@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My workplace disabled extensions today, and I'm just mindblown by the amount of ads I've been blissfully ignorant about. I play music from youtube while working, but every time I'm in a good flow now, getting stuff done, there's an ad-break that takes me out of that flow. Tiring having to work up that momentum all the time.

[–] ethanolparty@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

My workplace disabled extensions today,

This gives me cold sweats