SponsorBlock
SponsorBlock is a free and open-source browser extension that skips segments of YouTube videos.[2] Users make them, which other users can vote on.[3][4] It is recommended on Firefox's add-on store.[5] As of June 30, 2022[update], it has over 175,000 downloads on Firefox and over 600,000 downloads on Google Chrome.[6][7][better source needed]
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| Developer(s) | Ajay Ramachandran |
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| Initial release | July 12, 2019[1] |
| Written in | TypeScript |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Server: Crowdsourced database Client: Browser extension |
| License | LGPL-3.0-or-later |
| Website | sponsor |
History
Only sponsorships could be skipped until more categories (such as self-promotion or intermissions) were added in June 2020.[8] An update in January 2022 added support for marking whole videos as sponsorships.[9]
Usage
Users submit segments of videos and choose a category for them. Those segments are automatically skipped. When a segment is skipped, a small pop-up appears for a few seconds to allow the user to vote on it or "unskip" it. The number of segments each user has submitted and skipped is tracked.[10]
Reception
The extension was on Mozilla's Extension Spotlight on July 21, 2020, and is the highest rated recommended Firefox extension.[5][11]
References
- ↑ Initial Release. GitHub. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
- ↑ 5 YouTube Cheats to Break Restrictions and Make YouTube Fun Again (in en-US). MUO (2019-09-28). Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ↑ SponsorBlock für YouTube - Add-on für Google Chrome (in German). CHIPCHIP Digital GmbH. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ↑ 6 Firefox Add-Ons to Improve Your YouTube Viewing Experience (in en-US). MUO (2021-12-08). Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Extension Spotlight: SponsorBlock for YouTube. The Firefox Frontier (July 21, 2020)Mozilla. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ↑ SponsorBlock for YouTube – Skip Sponsorships. chrome web store. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ↑ SponsorBlock - Skip Sponsorships on YouTube. Firefox Browser Add-onsMozilla. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ↑ Categories – SponsorBlock. blog.ajay.app. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- ↑ Allow submitting as full video · ajayyy/SponsorBlock@d36b4a5 (in en). GitHub. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- ↑ Brinkmann, Martin. Skip sponsor messages in YouTube videos with SponsorBlock. ghacks.net (January 3, 2020)Softonic. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
- ↑ Recommended extensions. Firefox Browser Add-onsMozilla. Retrieved April 7, 2021.