• Cold Hotman
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    12 years ago

    How will the filters cut out or skip the part of the video where the host themselves promote a product in the video itself?

    • @Zerush@lemmy.ml
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      -32 years ago

      Sponsor blocks carry a signal encoded in the video, through the googlevideoAPI, to allow YouTube Premium users to skip them. This is intercepted by Piped and by extensions like SponsorBlock, while other front ends, like instances of Invidious, which are based on the googlevideoAPI, block ads, but cannot do so with sponsorblocks.