> seeking past a portion, taking out my headphones

That's not what this app does.

According to the landing page, that is exactly what it does.

"When AdSkipPro gets to the ads that were found above, it skips over and keeps on playing. The ads are still in there, and in fact you can go back and hear them if you like. This example shows AdSkipPro jumping from 23:49 to 25:09, past several ads:"

“Pro”

There's a difference between you manually skipping the ad and the app automatically skipping the ad.

Yes, one is much nicer, as I can achieve it with no ongoing effort without being so rich I can afford to pay someone else to do it for me. When tech lets me preserve my time and attention in exchange for little or no money, while doing the same without it would only be feasible for the very rich, is when it makes me the happiest.

Try sitting on your hand before seeking past podcast ads next time. It makes it feel like someone else is exploiting them instead of you.

Oh boy we’re exploiting people by not listening to parts of the mp3s they gave us now? This gets more exciting by the minute, do continue.