PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock

Re:PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock by IshKebab on Sunday September 27, 2026 @06:05AM (#49865217)

And does it even work? I feel like the only person on YouTube who has a clue about sponsorship is LTT. Their spots are like 10 seconds which is short enough that sometimes I'll be too lazy to skip it. In contrast to those 2 minute segments where I 100% skip every time.

Unless the goal of the spot is literally just "Our name exists!!" which tbf it probably is for all those VPN ads, it doesn't really make a whole lot of sense.

Surely nobody watches the full ad segments?

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Re:PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock by atollk on Sunday September 27, 2026 @08:07AM (#49865975)

It literally is "our name exists". It sticks in your subconscious and can influence you in the future.

A great example of this is Raid Shadow Legends. They were sponsoring what felt like every channel, to the point where it became a meme. But at some point, someone is going to go through the app store looking for an app to help with their boredom and is going to see Raid, at which point their subconscious says "I know that name. I should check it out."

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Re:PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock by IshKebab on Sunday September 27, 2026 @08:18AM (#49866042)

Then why bother with such long segments? Why not do what LTT does?

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