Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies.

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Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers
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Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies.::YouTube's dramatic content gatekeeping decisions of late have a long history behind them, and there's an equally long history of these defenses being bypassed.

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video player in linux. I think VLC can also do that

mpv video player with mpv-sponsorblock script using youtube-dl/yt-dlp hooks, run from command line / launcher.

Yes, there's a sponsorblock plugin for VLC too.

video player in linux

Not just linux, Android and Windows too. Even embeded devices, MPV basically supports everything