Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads

Re:Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads by ajayyy on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @04:35PM (#21707350)

Cool project, interesting decision to monetize something like this though.

I made SponsorBlock (https://sponsor.ajay.app/), which is a similar premise for YouTube videos except free, open source, and with a publicly downloadable database. I posted about it on HN back in August.

I'd be curious if you'd be willing to do what I've done here and make it more open. When you are dealing with things like this (ad blocking), it gives you more of a responsibility to share.

Anyway, how do you do this? Is it a reporting system? Or is there some kind of algorithm you made?

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Re:Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads by faissaloo on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @04:51PM (#21707547)

Hey dude just wanted to say your extension makes my YouTube experience hugely more enjoyable

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Re:Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads by adskipprod on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @04:44PM (#21707456)

It's not a reporting system. I believe that idea has been tried and did not work. This uses all-new technology to find the ads and skip over.

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Re:Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads by slenk on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @07:50PM (#21708902)

By just looking for the music that plays at the beginning of some ads?

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Re:Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads by ajayyy on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @10:44PM (#21709799)

That's probably it. Their vague terms make me suspicious.

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Re:Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads by ajayyy on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @04:46PM (#21707481)

Interesting.

I mean, I am using it and it is working :)

But yea, it's good that you made your own idea instead.

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