#Sponsorblock android tv mod#
#Sponsorblock android tv update#

Oh, and as a bonus, it's easier to access RSS feeds from Youtube's website than the app, and RSS feeds make Youtube's native subscription engine look like trash by comparison. I can even save videos I want to watch later as separate tabs instead of using a 'watch later' style playlist.įinally, it offers me as much independence from Google I can afford without having to fall back on Invidious or a different video platform altogether. Third off, if I'm using any Youtube app it will default me to 'home' or 'trending', whereas on mobile, Firefox especially, I can just search my favorite creators instead of having an algorithm filter them for me. Of course, I presume Vanced offers a similar sandbox, but because it simulates a actual google account it still allows Youtube to profile me and give me recommendations based on my watch history, whereas on any internet browser if I am not logged into a google account I can easily pause the watch and search history so that all recommendations are contextual based on the video I am immediately watching. Second, there's the benefit of being able to watch videos without it being tracked through my google account. This isn't just for blocking ads or even just trackers, but to block stuff I find distracting like the buttons bar and the comment section. So no pressure to make it work in Firefox specifically, I just prefer Firefox over Kiwi and look forward to using Firefox exclusively on mobile.įirst off, there's the benefit of web extensions, including Ublock. Oh, and btw, I also have Kiwi installed, where SponsorBlock works perfectly fine.

#Sponsorblock android tv mod#

Also, I know the developer is a mod here, so I might as well hear it from the source whether there's anything to do on my end to make it work. Besides, I want to discuss my entire addon collection there when the time is right, not just SponsorBlock. I realize this is something I should be asking of the Firefox reddit, but I literally just joined today, and they don't allow users less than two days old to comment on posts. So the question ultimately is, is there anything I can do to make SponsorBlock work on Firefox Nightly Android? Anything like disable an extension or tweak about:config? The easy explanation is, of course, that the addon simply isn't compatible with Firefox Android yet and I need to wait it out, but that doesn't explain the six previous instances of getting it to work in private, seemingly at random. I can't figure out what, if anything on my end, is causing it to not work 99% of the time. The real kicker though, is that every now and then, when I open a private tab to experiment, I get it to work, but I'm never able to recreate it at will.

I've tried to disable all my extensions to see if any of them conflict with SponsorBlock, but none of them seem to do anything. One of my favorite extensions is SponsorBlock, but it seems to only work halfway for the most part, as in it will display the sponsor times in the video, but won't skip them.

Some I find work better than the extensions in the app by default (I prefer Dark Background Light Text over Dark Reader), while others do nothing and I can freely qualify as incompatible. So, I use a custom addon collection on Firefox Android Nightly, and I've been experimenting with different addons. Only bug is that it won't work on Invidious cause Firefox Daylight won't allow you to accept additional Add-on Permissions yet, but for the Mobile Youtube Website it works like a dream. It is not in Mozilla's default 'Firefox Android' collection, so you'll have to use a version of Firefox that offers Custom Add-On Collections (Nightly, Fennec F-Droid, and IceRaven all work for example).

#Sponsorblock android tv update#

As of the time of writing this update (September 19th, 2021) Sponsorblock works as intended in Firefox 92 onwards and any browsers using it (including Fennec F-Droid and IceRaven).

EDIT: This was shared nearly a year ago, when the Firefox Daylight update was new.