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Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020) by kobalsky on Monday February 21, 2022 @12:50PM (#30418558)
> What I want is a PVR/STB that figures out the ads and bypasses them. Say I want to watch TV from 7 to 11pm (4 hours) and there's a total of one hour of ads and other breaks in that time that I don't want to watch then I want my AI-aware PVR/STB to suggest that I start watching at 8pm instead of 7 as this will allow it to progressively remove ads on-the-fly across the evening.

I wonder if something like sponsorblock for youtube (which is a must have) could be done for TV? it's a crowsourced effort and works flawlessly for popular channels.

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Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020) by hilbert42 on Monday February 21, 2022 @03:22PM (#30420120)
Good question, I don't know. It's certainly worth thinking about.
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