Added option to disable the view count tracking.

content.js

@@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ var showingStartSponsor = true;
 //should the video controls buttons be added
 var hideVideoPlayerControls = false;
 
+//should view counts be tracked
+var trackViewCount = false;
+chrome.storage.sync.get(["trackViewCount"], function(result) {
+  let trackViewCountStorage = result.trackViewCount;
+  if (trackViewCountStorage != undefined) {
+    trackViewCount = trackViewCountStorage;
+  } else {
+    trackViewCount = true;
+  }
+});
+
 //if the notice should not be shown
 //happens when the user click's the "Don't show notice again" button
 var dontShowNotice = false;
@@ -86,6 +97,10 @@ chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener( // Detect URL Changes
 
       updateVisibilityOfPlayerControlsButton();
     }
+
+    if (request.message == "trackViewCount") {
+      trackViewCount = request.value;
+    }
 });
 
 function videoIDChange(id) {
@@ -177,7 +192,9 @@ function sponsorCheck(sponsorTimes) { // Video skipping
       setTimeout(() => closeSkipNotice(currentUUID), 7000);
 
       //send telemetry that a this sponsor was skipped happened
-      sendRequestToServer("GET", "/api/viewedVideoSponsorTime?UUID=" + currentUUID);
+      if (trackViewCount) {
+        sendRequestToServer("GET", "/api/viewedVideoSponsorTime?UUID=" + currentUUID);
+      }
     }
   }
   lastTime = v.currentTime;

firefox_manifest.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "SponsorBlock - YouTube Sponsorship Blocker",
   "short_name": "SponsorBlock",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.0.2",
   "description": "Skip over sponsorship on YouTube videos. Report sponsors on videos you watch to save the time of others.",
   "content_scripts": [
     {

manifest.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "SponsorBlock - YouTube Sponsorship Blocker",
   "short_name": "SponsorBlock",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.0.2",
   "description": "Skip over sponsorship on YouTube videos. Report sponsors on videos you watch to save the time of others.",
   "content_scripts": [
     {

popup.html

@@ -112,10 +112,30 @@
     
               <button id="hideVideoPlayerControls" class="warningButton">Hide Button On YouTube Player</button>
               <button id="showVideoPlayerControls" style="display: none" class="warningButton">Show Button On YouTube Player</button>
+              <br/>
+              <sub>
+                This hides the button that appears on the YouTube player to submit sponsors. I can see this being annoying for some 
+                people. Instead of using the button there, this popup can be used to submit sponsors. To hide the notice that appears, 
+                use the button that appears on the notice saying "Don't show this again". You can always enable these settings again 
+                later.
+              </sub>
+
+              <br/>
+              <br/>
+
+              <button id="disableSponsorViewTracking" class="warningButton">Disable Sponsor View Tracking</button>
+              <button id="enableSponsorViewTracking" style="display: none" class="warningButton">Enable Sponsor View Tracking</button>
+              <br/>
+              <sub>
+                This feature tracks which sponsors you have skipped to let users know how much their submission has helped others and
+                used as a metric along with upvotes to ensure that spam doesn't get into the database. The extension sends a message
+                to the server each time you skip a sponsor. Hopefully most people don't change this setting so that the view numbers
+                are accurate. :)
+              </sub>
     
               <br/>
               <br/>
-        
+
               <button id="showNoticeAgain" style="display: none" class="dangerButton">Show Notice Again</button>
           </div>
         </div>

popup.js

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ document.getElementById("submitTimes").addEventListener("click", submitTimes);
 document.getElementById("showNoticeAgain").addEventListener("click", showNoticeAgain);
 document.getElementById("hideVideoPlayerControls").addEventListener("click", hideVideoPlayerControls);
 document.getElementById("showVideoPlayerControls").addEventListener("click", showVideoPlayerControls);
+document.getElementById("disableSponsorViewTracking").addEventListener("click", disableSponsorViewTracking);
+document.getElementById("enableSponsorViewTracking").addEventListener("click", enableSponsorViewTracking);
 document.getElementById("optionsButton").addEventListener("click", openOptions);
 document.getElementById("reportAnIssue").addEventListener("click", reportAnIssue);
 
@@ -38,6 +40,15 @@ chrome.storage.sync.get(["hideVideoPlayerControls"], function(result) {
   }
 });
 
+//show proper tracking option
+chrome.storage.sync.get(["trackViewCount"], function(result) {
+  let trackViewCount = result.trackViewCount;
+  if (trackViewCount != undefined && !trackViewCount) {
+    document.getElementById("disableSponsorViewTracking").style.display = "none";
+    document.getElementById("enableSponsorViewTracking").style.display = "unset";
+  }
+});
+
 //get the amount of times this user has contributed and display it to thank them
 chrome.storage.sync.get(["sponsorTimesContributed"], function(result) {
   if (result.sponsorTimesContributed != undefined) {
@@ -398,6 +409,40 @@ function showVideoPlayerControls() {
   document.getElementById("showVideoPlayerControls").style.display = "none";
 }
 
+function disableSponsorViewTracking() {
+  chrome.storage.sync.set({"trackViewCount": false});
+
+  chrome.tabs.query({
+    active: true,
+    currentWindow: true
+  }, function(tabs) {
+    chrome.tabs.sendMessage(tabs[0].id, {
+      message: "trackViewCount",
+      value: false
+    });
+  });
+
+  document.getElementById("disableSponsorViewTracking").style.display = "none";
+  document.getElementById("enableSponsorViewTracking").style.display = "unset";
+}
+
+function enableSponsorViewTracking() {
+  chrome.storage.sync.set({"trackViewCount": true});
+
+  chrome.tabs.query({
+    active: true,
+    currentWindow: true
+  }, function(tabs) {
+    chrome.tabs.sendMessage(tabs[0].id, {
+      message: "trackViewCount",
+      value: true
+    });
+  });
+
+  document.getElementById("enableSponsorViewTracking").style.display = "none";
+  document.getElementById("disableSponsorViewTracking").style.display = "unset";
+}
+
 function updateStartTimeChosen() {
   //update startTimeChosen variable
   if (!startTimeChosen) {