Software:SponsorBlock

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SponsorBlock
SponsorBlockLogo.png
Developer(s)
  • Ajay Ramachandran
  • Michael Chang
Initial releaseJuly 12, 2019; 4 years ago (2019-07-12)[1]
Repositoryhttps://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock
Written inTypeScript
EngineServer: Bespoke, purpose-built
Client: WebExtensions
Operating systemCross-platform
TypeCrowdsourced database and browser extension
LicenseClient code:
LGPL-3.0-or-later
Server code:
AGPL-3.0
Database:
CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
Websitesponsor.ajay.app

SponsorBlock is a free and open-source browser extension designed to skip (block) sponsorship segments in YouTube videos.[2] The extension relies on a user-submitted database to identify sponsorships in videos. Extension users can submit segments in videos and vote on segments others have submitted.[3][4] The extension has been a recommended extension on Firefox's add-on store.[5] (As of August 2023), the extension has 305,974 users on Firefox,[6] over 100,000 users on Microsoft Edge,[7] and over 1,000,000 users on Google Chrome.[8] The SponsorBlock segment retrieval API observes 20-anonymity.

History

Initially, SponsorBlock could only be used to submit and skip sponsorship segments, but support for multiple segment categories (such as self-promotion or intermission segments) was added in June 2020.[9] A revision in January 2022 added support for marking full video sponsorships.[10] A joke version released in April 1, 2022 inverts the effect of the extension, isolating sponsor segments instead of skipping them.[11][12]

Usage

Users of the extension can submit timestamps for segments in videos and choose a category for them. Those segments are then automatically skipped when the video is playing. When a segment is skipped, a small pop-up appears for a few seconds to allow the user to vote on the segment or to "unskip" it. The extension tracks per-user statistics about the number of segments submitted and skipped and sums up the amount of time saved since its installation.[13]

The SponsorBlock can be used as browser extension, on Chromium, Safari, and can also be used on Android, and iOS.[14][15]

Reception

The extension was featured on Mozilla's Extension Spotlight on July 21, 2020. The extension is a recommended extension on Firefox and, (As of April 2021), is the highest-rated recommended extension listed.[5][16]

References

  1. ↑ "Initial Release". https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock/releases/tag/v0.1. 
  2. ↑ "5 YouTube Cheats to Break Restrictions and Make YouTube Fun Again" (in en-US). 2019-09-28. https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/youtube-cheats-break-restrictions/. 
  3. ↑ "SponsorBlock für YouTube – Add-on für Google Chrome" (in German). CHIP Digital GmbH. https://www.chip.de/downloads/SponsorBlock-fuer-YouTube-Add-on-fuer-Google-Chrome_178613612.html. 
  4. ↑ "6 Firefox Add-Ons to Improve Your YouTube Viewing Experience" (in en-US). 2021-12-08. https://www.makeuseof.com/firefox-add-ons-improve-youtube-viewing/. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Extension Spotlight: SponsorBlock for YouTube". Mozilla. July 21, 2020. https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/firefox-extension-sponsorblock/. 
  6. ↑ "SponsorBlock – Skip Sponsorships on YouTube". Mozilla. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sponsorblock/. 
  7. ↑ "SponsorBlock for YouTube - Skip Sponsorships - Microsoft Edge Addons". https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/sponsorblock-for-youtube-/mbmgnelfcpoecdepckhlhegpcehmpmji. 
  8. ↑ "SponsorBlock for YouTube – Skip Sponsorships". https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sponsorblock-for-youtube/mnjggcdmjocbbbhaepdhchncahnbgone. 
  9. ↑ Ramachandran, Ajay (2020-06-14). "Categories – SponsorBlock". https://blog.ajay.app/categories-sponsorblock/. 
  10. ↑ "Allow submitting as full video · ajayyy/SponsorBlock@d36b4a5" (in en). https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock/commit/d36b4a54f3154fdcfbd2e5f059c401bdd6ceeee3. 
  11. ↑ "GitHub - ajayyy/SponsorBlock at april-fools-2022" (in en). https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock. 
  12. ↑ "GitHub - ajayyy/SponsorBlock at april-fools-2022-firefox" (in en). https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock. 
  13. ↑ Brinkmann, Martin (January 3, 2020). "Skip sponsor messages in YouTube videos with SponsorBlock". Softonic. https://www.ghacks.net/2020/01/03/skip-sponsor-messages-in-youtube-videos-with-sponsorblock/. 
  14. ↑ "sponsorblock". sponsor.ajay.app/. https://sponsor.ajay.app/. 
  15. ↑ "How to Use SponsorBlock on YouTube App on Android?" (in en). 2023-04-21. https://www.digitbin.com/use-sponsorblock-on-youtube-app-android/. 
  16. ↑ "Recommended extensions". Mozilla. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?promoted=recommended&sort=rating&type=extension. 

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