Reviews for SponsorBlock - Skip Sponsorships on YouTube
SponsorBlock - Skip Sponsorships on YouTube by Ajay (SponsorBlock)
69 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by yowidin, 9 dae geledeMakes YouTube almost unusable: adds a considerable delay to every UI interaction. For example pausing or resuming a video takes 5-20 seconds.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18472235, 7 maande gelede
- Rated 1 out of 5by Alex, 7 maande geledeI love the extension, it is a must-have to enjoy youtube.
However, it is very broken on mobile right now.
After installing, in fullscreen, the video flips to portrait mode every 20 seconds or so. (Sometimes by itself, sometimes as a reaction to the screen being tapped).
The only way to fix it is to go out of FS or double tap to skip 10 seconds of the video.
It is incredibly annoying and by rating one star my intentions are only for the dev to give the issue the appropriate amount of attention it deserves as I am not the only one who suffers from this problem.
There is an unresolved github thread about it and there are reviews here that mention the same issue.
As soon as it is fixed, I will five it the 5+ starts this amazing extension deserves. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14333858, 7 maande geledeIt use to work great but since the last update it no longer auto skips ads. I cant even get it to manually skip segments that it claims are already in the database.
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posted 7 maande geledeMight be related to https://fosstodon.org/@sponsorblock/112603139898164385- Rated 1 out of 5by NSM, 8 maande geledeOn Firefox mobile, it breaks youtube player.
Can Skip video but freeze YouTube player.
Like pause button, 10s forward -rewind, seeker ber
Doesn't work - Rated 1 out of 5by Shaqaruden, 9 maande gelede
- Rated 1 out of 5by JoyFlameball, 10 maande geledeIt's stopped working. It won't skip sponsored sections anymore, or even show them in the progress bar.
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posted 10 maande geledeUnfortunately the server broke while I was away from my computer. Things should be back to normal now :) - Rated 1 out of 5by WayTooBad, 10 maande geledeWent on their discord server to report errors, it was horrible...
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posted 10 maande geledeUnfortunately the server broke while I was away from my computer. Things should be back to normal now :) - Rated 1 out of 5by really?, 'n jaar geledeWhy does it now announce with a little popup that it skipped a sponsor? Its jarring and obtrusive.
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posted 'n jaar geledeIt has done that since day one. It does that to allow you to unskip it. You can disable easily by clicking the "never show" button on the notice. - Rated 1 out of 5by bananas! bananas! bananas!, 'n jaar geledeIt used to not be intrusive about what its blocking but now it will just pause the video for a second or two and give you this jarring pop-up about how its totally skipping for realsies.
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posted 'n jaar geledeI'm not sure what you mean by that. Maybe the issue is it buffering as the skip was long? - Rated 1 out of 5by Shinobi, 'n jaar geledeDoesn't work on this Firefox Browser. It worked great on Opera GX tho. I might have to switch back to Opera GX.
- Rated 1 out of 5by twac2988, 'n jaar geledeDemands you to tediously preview the sponsored segment with no option to disable this. I use quick hotkeys to quickly submit segments without getting in the way of my viewing experience. Now, I have an annoying popup demanding me to test if I did a good enough job. I use the ", and ." keys to make the segments frame perfect, and now, you want to waste my time even more, with the audacity to not even create a setting for this? I guess my volunteer work is over. Goodbye.
Developer response
posted 'n jaar geledeThere is a keybind for previewing exactly for this use-case. Just because you use `,` and `.` doesn't mean there can't be skipping issues. Remember, bad segments mean extra work for people moderating segments.
Goodbye - Rated 1 out of 5by NoonyaBeeznus, 'n jaar geledeWorks well on YouTube, but breaks videos on other sites - in this case specifically Teachable courses. I'm not sure if it is something about the video player used (hotmart), but it blocks the player from loading in properly and returns a "Something went wrong" text in place of the video.
Issue was solved through Refreshing in Troubleshoot mode, as using regular Troubleshoot mode, uninstalling the add-on, and deleting browser preference data didn't work either.Developer response
posted 'n jaar geledeThe SponsorBlock extension does not have access to any pages except for YouTube. It cannot possibly modify those pages. Another extension must be causing this. - Rated 1 out of 5by polios, 'n jaar gelede
- Rated 1 out of 5by Haze, 'n jaar geledeEither I'm stupid or is missing the point. Or both. Same every 1 min youtube commercials destroying any type of previous youtube experience. I thought this add-on would remove just that??
Developer response
posted 'n jaar geledeYou are missing the point. SponsorBlock is not a traditional ad blocker but for skipping times inside of YouTube videos when the creator themselves promotes a product. It does not skip ads by YouTube. It is meant to be used alongside uBlock Origin - Rated 1 out of 5by ParsaJR, 'n jaar gelede
- Rated 1 out of 5by Ramdas gundu jadhav, 'n jaar gelede
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18206783, 'n jaar gelede
- Rated 1 out of 5by supnet, 'n jaar gelededoesn't work most days, try YouTubeAdsBegone, it works even if youtube updates
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posted 'n jaar geledeSponsorBlock is not a traditional ad blocker. It is for skipping parts of YouTube videos where the creator themselves talks about a sponsorship. - Rated 1 out of 5by Anupam Sharma, 'n jaar gelede
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17867274, 'n jaar gelede