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Sponsor block is much less useful now Premium subscriptions have the "skip commonly skipped section" feature, which is always the sponsored content. With the ad
by giobox 1y ago
Sponsor block is much less useful now Premium subscriptions have the "skip commonly skipped section" feature, which is always the sponsored content. With the addition of this, you can avoid ads and sponsors well enough now on Premium for me.
I was pleasantly surprised YouTube came out with a first party tool to skip sponcon.
> https://dataconomy.com/2025/07/30/youtubes-ai-powered-jump-ahead-feature-is-now-on-your-tv/ https://dataconomy.com/2025/07/30/youtubes-ai-powered-jump-a...
- benbristow 1y agoI can imagine creators aren't going to be happy about that. Can't see it lasting long.
- giobox 1y agoPerhaps, but its been a while now and AFAIK has been rolled out to all of YouTube's apps, even the integrated TV ones.
- Gigachad 1y agoIt only shows up for YouTube premium users, and premium user views pay more than ad supported views. I’m sure they would much rather a premium user watches and skips the sponsor section than the usual HN viewer who has ads and sponsor sections blocked.
- leptons 1y agoSponsorblock is only one small part of the great features of Smarttube. Completely removing all "shorts" is the reason I switched to it. And the UI is very customizable, where the Youtube app is not customizable at all. Smarttube has unlocked so much potential that the Youtube app just doesn;t offer.