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[–] Weslee@lemmy.world -5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Freetube has a sponsor skip feature, skips sponsored sections of videos automatically, so it looks like this has already been solved

[–] JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

Read the article

[–] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

server side video ad injection means they could vary the placement of the ad, so things like sponsorblock which relies on the segment being in the exact same place all the time would not be very effective