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Why not include a perfectly useful feature into an open source app? This just creates unnecessary division. By all means turn it off by default and hide the enable in settings, but don't just try to throw away someone's hard work.
People can fork NewPipe anyway; it is free and open-source.
If you want SponsorBlock in Newpipe, then fork NewPipe, or use a fork if you can find one.. If you don't want SponsorBlock in your NewPipe instance; then use the base application.
If people don't want it, it should be possible to disable. It should probably be disabled by default.