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It is unnecessary filler that will also get stale pretty quickly. I archive videos, and the ads would be obsolete in less than 10 years.

An archivist might want to keep both the original and an integration that strips the sponsor

Is there a way of attaching cut instructions to a video file that players recognize?

You could do something like how comchap works and just mark ads / ad breaks with chapters in the video file.