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It would be really cool to be able to download YouTube videos withour the sponsorship segments, I wonder if there is a way to do his already?
yt-dlp has a command-line option to download videos while using sponsor block.
On android, I use Seal. Its basically a frontend for yt-dlp and has a sponsor block feature.
Honestly, I'm ok with at least giving channel ad reads a shot. Those aren't based on my watch history/search history and the channel owner actually gets a good cut. Almost nobody can make a living with google ads.
Like the ads surrounding the video and breaking the video up or the spots in the video where the creator hawks their latest wares?
I swore I've seen a FOSS project that did that. An ad segment detector basically
If I see one more PCBWay ad...