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NewPipe's position on advertising (newpipe.net)
submitted 2 years ago by Amicchan@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml
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[โ€“] Amicchan@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why not include [Sponsor Block] into an open source app?

  • The implementation of SponsorBlock is not in the dev team's goals; and not everyone wants SponsorBlock. (This may be hard to believe for some, but some people don't want sponsorships to be blocked.)
  • There could be too much cost added for little benefit. (An enable-disable option can be added; but there is still cost to maintain the feature.)

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.

[โ€“] ster@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

If people don't want it, it should be possible to disable. It should probably be disabled by default.