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.
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.