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Louis Rossman/FUTO's YouTube app, GrayJay, now supports Sponsorblock... and shames you if you use it (lemmy.ca)

submitted 11 months ago by bionicjoey@lemmy.ca to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Seriously this was very surprising. I've been experimenting with GrayJay since it was announced and I largely think it's a pretty sweet app. I know there are concerns over how it isn't "true open source" but it's a hell of a lot more open than ReVanced. Plus, I like the general design and philosophy of the app.

I updated the YouTube backend recently and to my surprise and delight they had added support for SponsorBlock. However, when I went to enable it, it warned me "turning this on harms creators" and made me click a box before I could continue.

Bruh, you're literally an ad-blocking YouTube frontend. What kind of mental gymnastics does it take to be facilitating ad-blocking and then at the same time shame the end-user for using an extension which simply automates seeking ahead in videos. Are you seriously gonna tell me that even without Sponsorblock, if I skip ahead past the sponsored ad read in a video, that I'm "harming the creator"?

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[-] verysoft@kbin.social 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Just use the NewPipe + Sponsorblock fork.

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

I don't think newpipe works with recommendations or leaving comments does it?

[-] db2@sopuli.xyz 12 points 11 months ago

Commenting on YouTube? Gross.

[-] smallaubergine@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago

correct, newpipe has no account integration be design for privacy

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

I wonder if one could design an extension that would do a rough recommendation algorithm locally. I use recommendations a ton, so I can't really switch to newpipe.

[-] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

FWIW I've found Piped (LibreTube on Android) has decent recommendations when you are inside a video. Main feed is just standard, but once you go into a video the suggestions are roughly the same in my experience.