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Is there a sponsor block situation for Podcasts? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by akilou@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I'm happy to adopt a new podcast app if it has sponsorblock natively or through a plug-in. Otherwise let me know if there's some other way to make it work. I don't see why it wouldn't work as all of the segments tagged for skipping are crowdsourced which would also work for Podcasts.

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[-] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 38 points 10 months ago

Podcasts are yet one more thing that ads have more or less ruined for me. I rarely listen to them due to the sponsorships. It is like trying to watch YouTube on my TV through the YouTube app instead of the Smarttube app.

[-] PopShark@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Man I love that app so much it really leveled up my TV YouTube experience especially with sponsorblock built in

[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 0 points 10 months ago

Would you pay for them? I mean these are usually just people making them not giant corporations. How do they make money.

[-] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

If the price was what I deemed acceptable and the method of doing so was decently centralized. I’m not going to sign up to 15 different podcasts with 15 separate transactions every month.

So yes, I would pay for them if they make it attractive to pay for. Ultimately the viability of their business model is not my problem. So even if it is one guy in his garage, it is on him to create something I would be willing to pay for. If they can’t then oh well I can easily do without their podcast.