echodot comments on Frustrated YouTube viewers seek explanation for hour-long unskippable ads (Update: Statement)

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

You need to get sponsor block. Not only does it block all the sponsor segments because they are also ads, that the ad blockers don't otherwise block, but they also block all of the other annoyances, like instructions to subscribe and intro animations.

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[–] AJ1@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

yeah that's really the key to an acceptable youtube experience. after google nuked UBO on chromeOS, sponsorblock is still there to do the heavy lifting. I'll be switching to a windows machine soon, but for now all I have is my chromebook, which is still functional even without the real UBO-- but I'm sure they're working on a way to fuck us out of the "lite" version of it and take away extensions like sponsorblock

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