I'm not going to bash this or anything, I see why people dislike the sponsor segments, it's advertising after all, but as someone who honestly could not afford to donate to every single channel I enjoy watching, I'm glad content creators have a way to make money while still providing content essentially for free. I'd rather sit and watch a silly ad than just not have access to the content because I couldn't afford to donate that month or something.
SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube
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Re: SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube
#82I understand people don't like ads, but at some point doesn't someone have to pay creators for content? This feels just like stealing: I don't know how you can justify it: sponsor spots don't track you and they don't slow down your computer. Yes they are a minor inconvenience but they make the content you watch possible.
> I understand people don't like ads, but at some point doesn't someone have to pay creators for content?
No, the role of "content creator paid by impression and dependent on people not being able to skip intrusive segments of videos that they watch" has no intrinsic right or need to exist. There are lots of other ways for civilization to develop.
Re: SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube
#83I’d suggest paying for things like https://watchnebula.com/ or a creator’s ad-free patreon version of videos is maybe a better path than trying to game the ad system? Or at least in conjunction with it.
How much does Nebula cost? I got to the "enter your card to start your free trial" step, and I still have no clue how much they charge.
Re: SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube
#84I'm not going to bash this or anything, I see why people dislike the sponsor segments, it's advertising after all, but as someone who honestly could not afford to donate to every single channel I enjoy watching, I'm glad content creators have a way to make money while still providing content essentially for free. I'd rather sit and watch a silly ad than just not have access to the content because I couldn't afford to…
Similar, I've actually found that they are producing useful adverts, but I'm in niche high-performance manufacturing, so once it figured that out... Also, I'm happy to give a bit of sponsorship funds to creators I like, as long as I can skip the obnoxious adverts in <5sec (that's more than I need to sort useful from chaff).
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#85I have wanted something like this for podcasts built into AntennaPod. Thanks for letting me know about this.
Unfortunately it seems AntennaPod won't add it at this point in time.
https://github.com/AntennaPod/AntennaPod/issues/4159
https://forum.antennapod.org/t/ability-to-skip-ads-in-the-po...
Re: SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube
#86I'm not going to bash this or anything, I see why people dislike the sponsor segments, it's advertising after all, but as someone who honestly could not afford to donate to every single channel I enjoy watching, I'm glad content creators have a way to make money while still providing content essentially for free. I'd rather sit and watch a silly ad than just not have access to the content because I couldn't afford to…
There's at least one Youtuber that I enjoy who actually makes decent ads. I'd hate to skip over them because they're usually funny.
Re: SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube
#87I’d suggest paying for things like https://watchnebula.com/ or a creator’s ad-free patreon version of videos is maybe a better path than trying to game the ad system? Or at least in conjunction with it.
How much does Nebula cost? I got to the "enter your card to start your free trial" step, and I still have no clue how much they charge.
On the linked page, under the "start free trial" button, there's this:
> 7-day free trial
> then $5 per month or $50 per year
Re: SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube
#88I'm not going to bash this or anything, I see why people dislike the sponsor segments, it's advertising after all, but as someone who honestly could not afford to donate to every single channel I enjoy watching, I'm glad content creators have a way to make money while still providing content essentially for free. I'd rather sit and watch a silly ad than just not have access to the content because I couldn't afford to…
Similar, I've actually found that they are producing useful adverts, but I'm in niche high-performance manufacturing, so once it figured that out... Also, I'm happy to give a bit of sponsorship funds to creators I like, as long as I can skip the obnoxious adverts in <5sec (that's more than I need to sort useful from chaff).
This is about skipping sponsorship ads that are part of the content, inserted by the creator.
The "This video was sponsored by . For x% off, go to and enter My Channel Name" type things.
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#89I use YouTube Vance on mobile .. fyi
Re: SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube
#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
Advertising is bad and I will oppose it in all its forms. What other system for financing the content does or doesn't exist is irrelevant to the my decision to block as much advertising out of my perception as I can. That said, Patreon seems to be working very well for a lot of people making high quality content.
That reads an awful lot like: “If a content creator’s patronage is not in the form I prefer, I deserve to circumvent that patronage and consume their content anyway. It’s irrelevant to me how & if they are compensated.”
I fully agree with that statement.