SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube

Post by em-bee » Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 8:53 PM UTC

csdreamer7 wrote: post #64

Blocking 3rd party network ads do deprive creators of revenue; but using uBlock Origins does have these important benefits: *Protects you from malicious attacks through 3rd party ad networks. *Keeps your browser fast from trackers. *Stops intrusive ads that literally take up 30% of your screen and move the website around making it difficult to read an article. But sponsored segments built into the video itself? It ha…

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 9:00 PM UTC

delecti wrote: post #69

qshaman wrote: post #61

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I have the right to watch or not whatever I want , in the same way publishers have the right to add sponsorship content on their videos, same applies to ads , if you don’t want to see ads use an adblocker or skip the sponsorship part with an app like this one. If creators don’t like it , they should find another way of monetizing their work. Shaming people into watching ads is disgusting and wrong.

> I have the right to watch or not whatever I want You don't though. You have the right to not watch whatever you want, but if content is published with the value proposition that the ads and/or sponsorships are the price of admission, then it's hard to argue that you have the right to access the content anyway. Some publishers try to enforce restrictions like that, mostly ineffectively, and it's probably only becaus…

Post by anoncake » Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 9:05 PM UTC

Mindwipe wrote: post #20

donw wrote: post #15

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I am curious if direct revenue shares are a sustainable model. E.g., I pay some money -- $10/month. I can choose to pay more. A fraction of that is divided evenly amongst all the videos I've watched. Creators get a check at the end of the month. This wouldn't rake in billions of advertiser money. But I think it would sustain a very decent business, and be better for society in general. This does need to be voluntary:…

That is literally how YouTube Premium works today, but people seem to feel entitled to watch without paying any money and blocking the ads.

Post by TurplePurtle » Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 9:09 PM UTC

em-bee wrote: post #72

csdreamer7 wrote: post #64

Blocking 3rd party network ads do deprive creators of revenue; but using uBlock Origins does have these important benefits: *Protects you from malicious attacks through 3rd party ad networks. *Keeps your browser fast from trackers. *Stops intrusive ads that literally take up 30% of your screen and move the website around making it difficult to read an article. But sponsored segments built into the video itself? It ha…

i agree with your points except: Stops intrusive ads that literally take up 30% of your screen and move the website around making it difficult to read an article. But sponsored segments built into the video itself? It has none of these issues. any ad disrupts the viewing experience and makes a video difficult/annoying to view. a̶l̶s̶o̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶i̶m̶p̶a̶c̶t̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶s̶p̶o̶n̶s̶o̶r̶ ̶s̶e̶c̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶o̶n̶l̶y̶…

Post by gsich » Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 9:13 PM UTC

vages wrote: post #9

I get the technical justification for doing this: You own your player, so you should be able to control it in whatever way you want. But as consumers, how do we expect the uploader to get paid for their work if we use both Adblock and Sponsor-skip (for the lack of a better word)? Pay to watch is, of course, an option, but that leads to discrimination based on income – unequally distributed between parts of the world…