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For instance: I'm watching some video about repairing an old car, and suddenly there is a sponsor segment where the mechanic talks about branded supplements for 5 minutes. Why would I take health advice from a car mechanic? 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And I ", "context": "", "use_case": "skip YouTube sponsor segments", "switched_from": "", "story": "Launch HN: Tweeks (YC W25) \u2013 Browser extension to deshittify the web"}]}, {"text": ", usually alongside uBlock Origin in Firefox.", "cites": [{"id": 799744562, "item_id": 49984035, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49984035", "by": "Onavo", "date": "2026-10-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Firefox on Android with the UBlock Origin and Sponsorblock extensions is still the gold standard.", "excerpt": "Sigh, that's a lot of words to describe DNS based adblocking. In Android you can either set your DNS server in the system settings or via the VPN API. Sample code here https://github.com/t895/DNSNet/blob/a-couple-updates/service/src/main/kotlin/dev/clombardo/dnsnet/service/vpn/DnsNetVpnService.kt They both do the same thing. There are local device-only resolver apps like https://rethinkdns.com/ https://github.com/m66", "context": "", "use_case": "skipping sponsor segments", "switched_from": "", "story": "System-level ad-blocking in Android"}, {"id": 794127538, "item_id": 49632971, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49632971", "by": "emacdona", "date": "2026-09-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Firefox + uBlock, sponsor block", "excerpt": "I used to be one of those people that would countdown the hours to Apple's launch events and tune in for the live stream. I was never someone who updated my iPhone every year, but I _did_ update my iPhone every two years. Now, I can't even remember what version iPhone I have. I just remember that I bought it after my last one stopped working (after maybe 5 or 6 years of having it). 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Maybe my attention span is truly stuffed, but I really can't stand it when a video essay is the most succinct source on a topic - waiting for someone to express their thoughts in speech, with sometimes slow cadences or their own waffling, combined with sponsor segments (yes I use SponsorBlock, but sometimes or on other devices ads get through), etc. So I use AI ", "context": "", "use_case": "skipping video sponsor segments", "switched_from": "", "story": "Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books?"}]}, {"text": ", and that the project is run by one person.", "cites": [{"id": 780499392, "item_id": 48781212, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48781212", "by": "KomoD", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "SponsorBlock is run by one guy. I consider this very irresponsible.", "excerpt": "> We attempted responsible disclosure by emailing dev@ajay.app multiple times on July 3 and 4, 2026, but received no response. SponsorBlock is run by one guy. I consider this very irresponsible. You barely waited, and accessing (what you consider to be) the private data of 82k users is not at all necessary to prove a vulnerability. Luckily, most of these aren't really vulnerabilities. But I'll go over the claims: > T", "context": "", "use_case": "skipping YouTube sponsor segments", "switched_from": "", "story": "SponsorBlock Critical Security Vulnerabilities"}]}], "praise": [{"label": "Pairs with uBlock", "summary": "Often recommended together with uBlock Origin as a core ad-free YouTube setup.", "quotes": [{"id": 799744562, "item_id": 49984035, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49984035", "by": "Onavo", "date": "2026-10-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Firefox on Android with the UBlock Origin and Sponsorblock extensions is still the gold standard.", "excerpt": "Sigh, that's a lot of words to describe DNS based adblocking. In Android you can either set your DNS server in the system settings or via the VPN API. 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It makes me giddy with excitement paying for software and media that does not have any advert", "context": "", "use_case": "skipping YouTube sponsor segments", "switched_from": "", "story": "What If We Made Advertising Illegal?"}, {"id": 776798561, "item_id": 48549910, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48549910", "by": "ericd", "date": "2026-06-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "highly recommend ublock origin and SponsorBlock if you don't have both yet.", "excerpt": "Heh I just mean that it's usually not that hard once you learn how to look, and if you care. In some categories, I agree, can be tough, but there usually tends to be at least one old stodgy brand that refuses to cheap out, and usually they're rewarded with premium pricing. But oftentimes, the per-year cost is competitive or better. 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Mobile * DNS blocking is active via NextDNS. * To block ", "context": "", "use_case": "skipping YouTube sponsor segments", "switched_from": "", "story": "How I block all online ads"}, {"id": 734757586, "item_id": 45922349, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45922349", "by": "hamasho", "date": "2025-11-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "SponsorBlock to skip sponsor segments", "excerpt": "I really hope your product fly. I'm easily distracted and generally like simple websites. I want to know what plugins or scripts other Hacker News users use to block annoying segments. Beside uBlock Origin, I use kill-sticky[1] to hide sticky items like dialogs or headers (though sometimes it's wrong), SponsorBlock to skip sponsor segments, DeArrow to change YouTube thumbnails and titles to be less clickbaity. And I ", "context": "", "use_case": "skip YouTube sponsor segments", "switched_from": "", "story": "Launch HN: Tweeks (YC W25) \u2013 Browser extension to deshittify the web"}]}, {"label": "Multi-device support", "summary": "Used on Firefox for Android, PipePipe, a modified iOS YouTube app, and Apple TV through iSponsorBlockTV.", "quotes": [{"id": 799744562, "item_id": 49984035, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49984035", "by": "Onavo", "date": "2026-10-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Firefox on Android with the UBlock Origin and Sponsorblock extensions is still the gold standard.", "excerpt": "Sigh, that's a lot of words to describe DNS based adblocking. In Android you can either set your DNS server in the system settings or via the VPN API. Sample code here https://github.com/t895/DNSNet/blob/a-couple-updates/service/src/main/kotlin/dev/clombardo/dnsnet/service/vpn/DnsNetVpnService.kt They both do the same thing. There are local device-only resolver apps like https://rethinkdns.com/ https://github.com/m66", "context": "", "use_case": "skipping sponsor segments", "switched_from": "", "story": "System-level ad-blocking in Android"}, {"id": 800882068, "item_id": 50055129, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50055129", "by": "hilbert42", "date": "2026-10-12", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Using NewPipe and sponsor block on PipePipe increases privacy and makes YouTube ad free.", "excerpt": "My default is to run without JS and selectively enable it when absolutely necessary, so when I clicked on this story the page was prefaced with the following comment: \"You're protected from the methods I use here. You disabled JavaScript, so this fingerprinting trick can't run at all. You're still vulnerable to network-based methods. Read on to see what it does to everyone else. From now on I\u2019ll call you:\u2026\" I've run ", "context": "runs without JS by default", "use_case": "skipping sponsor segments", "switched_from": "", "story": "Fingerprints are the new cookies"}, {"id": 793600385, "item_id": 49600024, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49600024", "by": "Systemmanic", "date": "2026-09-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "This is how I use SponserBlock with YouTube on my Apple TV", "excerpt": "This is how I use SponserBlock with YouTube on my Apple TV: https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV >iSponsorBlockTV is a self-hosted application that connects to your YouTube TV app and automatically skips segments in YouTube videos using the SponsorBlock API.", "context": "", "use_case": "skipping YouTube sponsors", "switched_from": "", "story": "TiVo to charge money for skipping commercials in your own recordings"}]}, {"label": "Better viewing", "summary": "Users say it makes YouTube feel transformed, like installing an adblocker for the first time.", "quotes": [{"id": 797823984, "item_id": 49863999, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49863999", "by": "franga2000", "date": "2026-09-27", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love sponsorblock, it feels like adblock felt the first time I installed it.", "excerpt": "I love sponsorblock, it feels like adblock felt the first time I installed it. Every time I see a creator I like do a \"smooth transition\" from content to ad, it makes me feel betrayed. Not only are they about to read words someone else wrote for them and which they don't really believe, they spent an extra 15 seconds pretending it was part of the video in order to keep my full attention when they throw the sponsor na", "context": "", "use_case": "skipping YouTube sponsor segments", "switched_from": "", "story": "PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock"}, {"id": 784662080, "item_id": 49041380, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49041380", "by": "bigyabai", "date": "2026-07-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Sponsorblock and uBlock Origin makes YouTube a whole different experience.", "excerpt": "Flip side of it is - I love not seeing advertisements, of any type. Sponsorblock and uBlock Origin makes YouTube a whole different experience. Locally backed-up or on-demand TV shows are so much more bingeable than the ones on DVR. I love watching livestreams and not being pulled aside for a 30 second sponsored interruption. It makes me giddy with excitement paying for software and media that does not have any advert", "context": "", "use_case": "skipping YouTube sponsor segments", "switched_from": "", "story": "What If We Made Advertising Illegal?"}]}, {"label": "Premium alternative", "summary": "One commenter canceled YouTube Premium and uses SponsorBlock instead.", "quotes": [{"id": 796591296, "item_id": 49786956, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49786956", "by": "Gareth321", "date": "2026-09-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I stopped paying YouTube and I use SponsorBlock now.", "excerpt": "> I mean, the stuff that's in the video is not really under Google's control. It is completely within Google's control. They have a hundred pages of terms of services, dictating everything the content creators may and may not do and say, down to individual words, symbols, and opinions. If Google wanted to, they could tell content creators to stop adding sponsorships. I understand you'd make less money. > If you don't", "context": "", "use_case": "skipping video sponsor segments", "switched_from": "YouTube Premium", "story": "Disney+: New user agreement allows ads before movies in all subscriptions"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "Incomplete coverage", "summary": "Some sponsor segments still get through, especially on other devices.", "quotes": [{"id": 777066288, "item_id": 48566643, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48566643", "by": "TheCapeGreek", "date": "2026-06-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "yes I use SponsorBlock, but sometimes or on other devices ads get through", "excerpt": "For better or worse, AI is beating on video essays too. Maybe my attention span is truly stuffed, but I really can't stand it when a video essay is the most succinct source on a topic - waiting for someone to express their thoughts in speech, with sometimes slow cadences or their own waffling, combined with sponsor segments (yes I use SponsorBlock, but sometimes or on other devices ads get through), etc. So I use AI ", "context": "", "use_case": "skipping video sponsor segments", "switched_from": "", "story": "Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books?"}]}, {"label": "Single maintainer", "summary": "One commenter points out that the project is run by one person; this came up while discussing a security report that the commenter disputes.", "quotes": [{"id": 780499392, "item_id": 48781212, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48781212", "by": "KomoD", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "SponsorBlock is run by one guy. 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Not only are they about to read words someone else wrote for them and which they don't really believe, they spent an extra 15 seconds pretending it was part of the video in order to keep my full attention when they throw the sponsor na", "context": "", "use_case": "skipping YouTube sponsor segments", "switched_from": "", "story": "PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock"}, {"id": 796591296, "item_id": 49786956, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49786956", "by": "Gareth321", "date": "2026-09-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I stopped paying YouTube and I use SponsorBlock now.", "excerpt": "> I mean, the stuff that's in the video is not really under Google's control. It is completely within Google's control. They have a hundred pages of terms of services, dictating everything the content creators may and may not do and say, down to individual words, symbols, and opinions. If Google wanted to, they could tell content creators to stop adding sponsorships. I understand you'd make less money. > If you don't", "context": "", "use_case": "skipping video sponsor segments", "switched_from": "YouTube Premium", "story": "Disney+: New user agreement allows ads before movies in all subscriptions"}, {"id": 794127538, "item_id": 49632971, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49632971", "by": "emacdona", "date": "2026-09-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Firefox + uBlock, sponsor block", "excerpt": "I used to be one of those people that would countdown the hours to Apple's launch events and tune in for the live stream. I was never someone who updated my iPhone every year, but I _did_ update my iPhone every two years. Now, I can't even remember what version iPhone I have. I just remember that I bought it after my last one stopped working (after maybe 5 or 6 years of having it). I won't lie: part of the reason is ", "context": "", "use_case": "skipping video sponsors", "switched_from": "", "story": "iPhone Duo"}, {"id": 793600385, "item_id": 49600024, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49600024", "by": "Systemmanic", "date": "2026-09-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "This is how I use SponserBlock with YouTube on my Apple TV", "excerpt": "This is how I use SponserBlock with YouTube on my Apple TV: https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV >iSponsorBlockTV is a self-hosted application that connects to your YouTube TV app and automatically skips segments in YouTube videos using the SponsorBlock API.", "context": "", "use_case": "skipping YouTube sponsors", "switched_from": "", "story": "TiVo to charge money for skipping commercials in your own recordings"}, {"id": 786336752, "item_id": 49146047, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49146047", "by": "inigyou", "date": "2026-08-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "SponsorBlock", "excerpt": "SponsorBlock Return YouTube Dislike uBlock Origin Multi-Account Containers", "context": "", "use_case": "skipping YouTube sponsor segments", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What free browser tools do you use daily?"}, {"id": 784662080, "item_id": 49041380, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49041380", "by": "bigyabai", "date": "2026-07-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Sponsorblock and uBlock Origin makes YouTube a whole different experience.", "excerpt": "Flip side of it is - I love not seeing advertisements, of any type. Sponsorblock and uBlock Origin makes YouTube a whole different experience. Locally backed-up or on-demand TV shows are so much more bingeable than the ones on DVR. I love watching livestreams and not being pulled aside for a 30 second sponsored interruption. It makes me giddy with excitement paying for software and media that does not have any advert", "context": "", "use_case": "skipping YouTube sponsor segments", "switched_from": "", "story": "What If We Made Advertising Illegal?"}, {"id": 780499392, "item_id": 48781212, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48781212", "by": "KomoD", "date": "2026-07-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "SponsorBlock is run by one guy. I consider this very irresponsible.", "excerpt": "> We attempted responsible disclosure by emailing dev@ajay.app multiple times on July 3 and 4, 2026, but received no response. SponsorBlock is run by one guy. I consider this very irresponsible. You barely waited, and accessing (what you consider to be) the private data of 82k users is not at all necessary to prove a vulnerability. Luckily, most of these aren't really vulnerabilities. But I'll go over the claims: > T", "context": "", "use_case": "skipping YouTube sponsor segments", "switched_from": "", "story": "SponsorBlock Critical Security Vulnerabilities"}, {"id": 777066288, "item_id": 48566643, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48566643", "by": "TheCapeGreek", "date": "2026-06-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "yes I use SponsorBlock, but sometimes or on other devices ads get through", "excerpt": "For better or worse, AI is beating on video essays too. Maybe my attention span is truly stuffed, but I really can't stand it when a video essay is the most succinct source on a topic - waiting for someone to express their thoughts in speech, with sometimes slow cadences or their own waffling, combined with sponsor segments (yes I use SponsorBlock, but sometimes or on other devices ads get through), etc. So I use AI ", "context": "", "use_case": "skipping video sponsor segments", "switched_from": "", "story": "Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books?"}, {"id": 776798561, "item_id": 48549910, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48549910", "by": "ericd", "date": "2026-06-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "highly recommend ublock origin and SponsorBlock if you don't have both yet.", "excerpt": "Heh I just mean that it's usually not that hard once you learn how to look, and if you care. In some categories, I agree, can be tough, but there usually tends to be at least one old stodgy brand that refuses to cheap out, and usually they're rewarded with premium pricing. But oftentimes, the per-year cost is competitive or better. Speed Queen, Miele, Bosch, that sort of manufacturer tends to still make really solid ", "context": "", "use_case": "skipping video sponsors", "switched_from": "", "story": "Hetzner Price Adjustment (June 15th, 2026)"}, {"id": 742601233, "item_id": 46412577, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46412577", "by": "colesantiago", "date": "2025-12-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use sponsorblock on videos that contain ads on them.", "excerpt": "I don\u2019t like paywalls so usually I get free content from archive.is on news articles. I use sponsorblock on videos that contain ads on them. What is the alternative here to ads that is sustainable?", "context": "", "use_case": "skipping sponsored video segments", "switched_from": "", "story": "Just No"}, {"id": 739029827, "item_id": 46189364, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46189364", "by": "ahmetcadirci25", "date": "2025-12-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "The SponsorBlock extension is very useful for skipping sponsored segments within YouTube videos.", "excerpt": "My Personal Ad/Block Management Strategy Here is the block management setup I personally use regularly: Desktop * DNS blocking is active via NextDNS. * I use Ungoogled Chromium as my primary browser. * I use the uBlock ad-blocking extension along with its filters. * The SponsorBlock extension is very useful for skipping sponsored segments within YouTube videos. Mobile * DNS blocking is active via NextDNS. * To block ", "context": "", "use_case": "skipping YouTube sponsor segments", "switched_from": "", "story": "How I block all online ads"}, {"id": 734757586, "item_id": 45922349, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45922349", "by": "hamasho", "date": "2025-11-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "SponsorBlock to skip sponsor segments", "excerpt": "I really hope your product fly. I'm easily distracted and generally like simple websites. I want to know what plugins or scripts other Hacker News users use to block annoying segments. Beside uBlock Origin, I use kill-sticky[1] to hide sticky items like dialogs or headers (though sometimes it's wrong), SponsorBlock to skip sponsor segments, DeArrow to change YouTube thumbnails and titles to be less clickbaity. And I ", "context": "", "use_case": "skip YouTube sponsor segments", "switched_from": "", "story": "Launch HN: Tweeks (YC W25) \u2013 Browser extension to deshittify the web"}]}