# iSponsorBlockTV

13 Hacker News commenters recommended iSponsorBlockTV and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** A free tool that runs on a home server and automatically skips sponsor segments and mutes ads in YouTube on TVs. Critics say it is a weaker substitute for the Android TV version and muting fails with HomePods.

## Why people recommend it

- Auto-skips sponsored segments in YouTube (4 comments): "It auto-skips the sponsored segments and with Youtube premium, it gives me a clean, ad-free setup." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46187221)) "I even have it setup on my home server so it skips sponsor segments on my Apple TV" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47019367)) "automatically skips segments in YouTube videos using the SponsorBlock API" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49600024))
- Auto-mutes and skips YouTube ads (3 comments): "in addition to skipping sponsored segments, it also mutes YouTube’s own ads and auto-skips them as soon as it can" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46054163)) "it auto-mutes ads, and auto-skips once the skip option is available" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46187629)) "it auto mutes and auto skips ads" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46377525))
- Runs on a home server (3 comments): "Sponsor Ads can be blocked on the Apple TV YouTube app using iSponsorBlockTV on a home server" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50167822)) "I even have it setup on my home server so it skips sponsor segments on my Apple TV" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47019367)) "It's pretty good, I run this on my little server." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46068693))
- Works on Apple TV (3 comments): "Sponsor Ads can be blocked on the Apple TV YouTube app using iSponsorBlockTV on a home server" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50167822)) "I even have it setup on my home server so it skips sponsor segments on my Apple TV" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47019367)) "Not as good as smarttube on nvidia shield, but best you can do on tvOS." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46187899))

## What people warn about

- Muting fails with HomePods (1 comments): "automatic muting doesn't work when HomePods are the default output" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46063384))
- Weaker than the Android TV version (1 comments): "It's a poor substitute for the Android TV version" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47181250))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "iSponsorBlockTV", https://hackerapproved.com/p/isponsorblocktv/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).