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SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube

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Re: SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube

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Post by icanhackit »

moistbar wrote: post #86
grawprog wrote: post #81

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…

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.

Internet Comment Etiquette with Erik and Internet Historian come to mind. Nord VPN Man and Raycon Man ads are the highlight of the latter's videos.

Re: SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube

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Post by ajayyy »

anticristi wrote: post #83
antiterra wrote: post #59

I’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.

You are not supposed to buy nebula through the nebula website. You are supposed to buy it through a creator referral link in a bundle with CuriosityStream.

The price on the website has to be higher as to encourage you to use a referral, and to always make you get a "deal" from the sponsorship.

Re: SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube

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Post by dharmab »

moistbar wrote: post #86
grawprog wrote: post #81

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…

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.

Jay Foreman (Map Man, Unfinished London) does sponsorship messages as silly skits, which is nice.

Re: SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube

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Post by livre »

grawprog wrote: post #81

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…

I prefer those sponsored segments to regular web ads. They are old school, no tracking and are usually relevant to the content I am watching. I can't afford to donate to the YouTubers I like so I'm glad they can make money from those ads.

Re: SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube

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Post by mdorazio »

livre wrote: post #114
grawprog wrote: post #81

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…

I prefer those sponsored segments to regular web ads. They are old school, no tracking and are usually relevant to the content I am watching. I can't afford to donate to the YouTubers I like so I'm glad they can make money from those ads.

I don't mind sponsored segments in general, but most of the channels I watch end up with some combination of Raid Shadow Legends, Nord VPN, SimpliSafe, Squarespace, and Raycon. It's actually refreshing when the sponsor is in some way related to the channel content, but I find it's fairly rare especially on the higher-subscriber channels.

Re: SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube

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Post by renewiltord »

Oh thank god. I don't mind any sort of ad honestly, so long as I have a low friction way to pay to get rid of it. That's YouTube Premium for me on YouTube so I'm happy with that since I interact once and then all ads go away.

This will do just fine.

Re: SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube

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Post by nr2x »

grawprog wrote: post #81

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…

I pay for YouTube Premium, which goes to creators, so it's extra annoying to still have to watch a million awkward VPN pitches.

Re: SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube

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Post by renewiltord »

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…

Listen, man. You care about trackers. I don't care about trackers. You care about these malicious attacks. I'm not that worried about them. You care about these intrusive things. I just don't go to those websites.

I care about the time spent on sponsored segments. You don't care that they're there.

All this is just different preferences. You're not better than me. I'm not better than you.

Re: SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube

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Post by t0mbstone »

grawprog wrote: post #81

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…

I pay for Youtube Premium specifically because I DON'T WANT TO WATCH ADS.

Ever.

I hate ads with a passion.

I get the fact that content creators need to make money, but there needs to be a better way.

Youtube needs to give content creators a way to put ads in their own content in a manner that gets automatically hidden if people pay for Youtube Premium.

Worst case scenario, I would even pay for a higher tier of Youtube Premium that let me hide that type of sponsor ad.

Re: SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube

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Post by t0mbstone »

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…

I pay for Youtube Premium with the expectation that the content creators will get a cut of the monthly fee that I pay towards Youtube.

Is that not the case?

I'm really not a fan of the double-dipping that content creators are all doing now with their own unblockable inline ads.

I've actually stopped watching a number of Youtube channels because I get so annoyed by ads. I HATE HATE HATE ads!

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