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by thiht 594 days ago
Note that SmartTube is compatible with the cast button on the official YouTube app. You can configure it so that when you tap the cast button on your app, you can select SmartTube. It casts with no ads and no sponsors :)

It’s in the settings of SmartTube under the name "remote control"
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ryukoposting 593 days ago
What do you mean "no sponsors" as opposed to "no ads?"

Edit: fine, you all convinced me. The very first thing it did on the very first video I played was "sponsor block," jumping over 30 seconds of a video that didn't contain any sponsored material. Fantastic stuff.

The video in question was the new Technology Connections video about freeze dryers.

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thiht 592 days ago
Looks like you found it, but "sponsors" refers to sponsored segments that are part of the video itself.

Sponsorblock is amazing, as it lets you skip not only sponsored segments, but so much more: intros, self promotion, non essential parts of videos, and tons of other things.

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ryukoposting 592 days ago
Eh, I'm going to try to find a way to turn SponsorBlock off. It doesn't seem to work very well. Also, I do want to know what's in that part of the video, so that I can directly support creators I like.
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mrandish 592 days ago
You can turn SponsorBlock off right in the SmartTube options UI. Personally, I love SponsorBlock and it works remarkably well for me, especially considering the information is crowd-sourced.
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shiroiushi 589 days ago
That was a truly disappointing video. He spent tons of time yapping about how this freeze-dryer worked, but he didn't once bother to show a simple picture of the phase diagram for water, which makes it completely clear exactly why freeze-drying works.

As for SponsorBlock, it'll block all kinds of things. It's up to you, the user, to not expect software to read your mind, and to learn how your software works so you can configure it the way you want. With SmartTube, you can configure the SponsorBlock functionality to only skip things you want skipped, and not skip things you don't want skipped (such as intros, outros, self-promotions, etc.), or you can even just turn it off altogether if you want. It's really quite simple.

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