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iSponsorBlockTV v2: SponsorBlock for TVs and game consoles

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Re: iSponsorBlockTV v2: SponsorBlock for TVs and game consoles

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Post by Already__Taken »

dylan604 wrote: post #57
pests wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

After disabling my adblock for YT I noticed the video player has gotten much worse. I always saw preroll ads still but now all of them are completely jarring. My previous player seemed to play them inline whereas now they load separately, jump abruptly, much more annoying.

i can almost nod my head in acceptance for a :30 ad before a new piece of content. at :45, i'm starting to get annoyed. at :60, i'm wondering if this is really worth it. then, youtube steps up to the plate, points to the fences, and serves up a 2minute30second (i've seen longer) short film on some clearly fake as fuck scam type of 4am paid programming type of crap. on top of serving some mind bendingly annoying long…

I left a playlist on while working, so an anonymous account. A full on hour self-help seminar was playing as an ad. if you don't skip the ads you get to some weird places.

Re: iSponsorBlockTV v2: SponsorBlock for TVs and game consoles

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Post by nextlevelwizard »

Already__Taken wrote: post #70
ornornor wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> interaction reminders I’ve been wondering about these… do people really need to be reminded to “subscribe like comment down below” in every single video? Don’t people know the creator wants you to do it and only do it if they feel like anyway? What’s the point of everyone saying it in every single video? It’s just aggravating to me, but I wonder why they keep saying it?

yeh they do. All the analytics show up right when it's mentioned people do it.

When you see stats like this it is hard to not just go full doomer and think most people are sheep

Re: iSponsorBlockTV v2: SponsorBlock for TVs and game consoles

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Post by nextlevelwizard »

danShumway wrote: post #34

Sponsorblock has been a Godsend for me; it's something you don't really think about but adds up. The sponsored segments are not even really the biggest advantage, it also skips intros and outros and interaction reminders, which are huge. I am convinced that being really aggressive about blocking advertisements helps with my ADHD and helps me focus better. I don't have science to back that up, just my anecdotal self-r…

Long intros are the worst. You had a nice click bait title and thumbnail fucking get to the content instead of telling me how busy you have been and how you feel/sound sick or entire history of everything and everyone even remotely related to the topic if the video.

Just give me the meat and give it to me raw

Re: iSponsorBlockTV v2: SponsorBlock for TVs and game consoles

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Post by moogly »

Ayesh wrote: post #53
someotherperson wrote: post #42

Would love to see some ultralight version of this that I can just run directly on my router.

Unfortunately I don't think it's possible. The router can only intercept as far as DNS goes, and DNS Blocklists are already incapable of blocking YouTube ads.

You can run Docker on Mikrotik's RouterOS[1]. I doubt performance is anywhere close to great though, but it'd be interesting to try.

[1]: https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/display/ROS/Container

Re: iSponsorBlockTV v2: SponsorBlock for TVs and game consoles

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Post by geek_at »

danShumway wrote: post #34

Sponsorblock has been a Godsend for me; it's something you don't really think about but adds up. The sponsored segments are not even really the biggest advantage, it also skips intros and outros and interaction reminders, which are huge. I am convinced that being really aggressive about blocking advertisements helps with my ADHD and helps me focus better. I don't have science to back that up, just my anecdotal self-r…

I use sponsor block on youtube too (I have youtube premium but that does not remove these sponsor blocks automatically) and the only videos I'm kinda sad not to see the sponsor blocks are videos by "Internet Historian".

He does it funny enough not to be annoying. Worst example on the other hand is Linus Tech Tips in my opinion

Re: iSponsorBlockTV v2: SponsorBlock for TVs and game consoles

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Post by [deleted] »

ornornor wrote: post #65
danShumway wrote: post #34

Sponsorblock has been a Godsend for me; it's something you don't really think about but adds up. The sponsored segments are not even really the biggest advantage, it also skips intros and outros and interaction reminders, which are huge. I am convinced that being really aggressive about blocking advertisements helps with my ADHD and helps me focus better. I don't have science to back that up, just my anecdotal self-r…

> interaction reminders I’ve been wondering about these… do people really need to be reminded to “subscribe like comment down below” in every single video? Don’t people know the creator wants you to do it and only do it if they feel like anyway? What’s the point of everyone saying it in every single video? It’s just aggravating to me, but I wonder why they keep saying it?

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Re: iSponsorBlockTV v2: SponsorBlock for TVs and game consoles

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Post by johnny22 »

nextlevelwizard wrote: post #72
Already__Taken wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yeh they do. All the analytics show up right when it's mentioned people do it.

When you see stats like this it is hard to not just go full doomer and think most people are sheep

or they just forgot about it , like i usually do. I still never remember to "like" videos because i didn' grow up on social media.

Re: iSponsorBlockTV v2: SponsorBlock for TVs and game consoles

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Post by squeaky-clean »

dylan604 wrote: post #57
pests wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

After disabling my adblock for YT I noticed the video player has gotten much worse. I always saw preroll ads still but now all of them are completely jarring. My previous player seemed to play them inline whereas now they load separately, jump abruptly, much more annoying.

i can almost nod my head in acceptance for a :30 ad before a new piece of content. at :45, i'm starting to get annoyed. at :60, i'm wondering if this is really worth it. then, youtube steps up to the plate, points to the fences, and serves up a 2minute30second (i've seen longer) short film on some clearly fake as fuck scam type of 4am paid programming type of crap. on top of serving some mind bendingly annoying long…

There's a channel I like to watch "Mini Air Crash Investigation" who does 5-15 minute long summaries of airplane crashes and the results of the ensuing investigations.

I once got an ad on one of their videos for a 45 minute long video of an air crash investigation from a copycat channel narrated by someone with a very similar voice. I got about 10 minutes in before thinking "wow, this is a pretty weak episode from this channel" before noticing what was going on.

(I don't mean to imply all air crash investigation style channels are copying this one. But that video was a straight copy of their style, narrative order, and even voice and speaking style).

Like Already__Taken says, if you go a while without skipping ads, youtube seems to intentionally show you longer and longer ads.

I have premium now, and while I enjoy it, I really feel like I got bullied into subscribing. If all the ads breaks were 60 seconds total or less I would have been fine staying a free user. But they punish me for not diligently having my finger ready to press "skip".

Re: iSponsorBlockTV v2: SponsorBlock for TVs and game consoles

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Post by squeaky-clean »

echelon wrote: post #60
EthicalSimilar wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are talking about sponsored content that the content creator records and shows in-video.

I would pay creators to not see that bullshit. I don't care about NordVPN, Brilliant, SkillShare, or any other trash. I'm entirely less likely to use services that annoy me with their advertising.

Would you (and other people like you) be able to pay enough to match $2000 per video? And this is for a channel with "only" 260k subscribers

https://youtu.be/40Q7usuG2Cw?si=gfUS6TzIgNImTORX

On my phone so I can't easily timestamp but showing monetary amounts begins at 6:50

Brilliant, $4500 for 3 videos. Blinkist, $2000 for one video. VPN, specific brand not named, $5800 for a 90 second ad read. Raid Shadow Legends, $2000-6000 depending on if he's willing to dedicate time in his video to just playing the game on camera. Skillshare $2000 for a 90 second ad read.

The most interesting part to me was these are often not directly offered by these companies. They are from advertising partners who have a referral program with the primary company. So he would often get multiple emails to advertise the same product from different senders and offering different amounts of money.

Re: iSponsorBlockTV v2: SponsorBlock for TVs and game consoles

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Post by dmunozv04 »

geek_at wrote: post #75
danShumway wrote: post #34

Sponsorblock has been a Godsend for me; it's something you don't really think about but adds up. The sponsored segments are not even really the biggest advantage, it also skips intros and outros and interaction reminders, which are huge. I am convinced that being really aggressive about blocking advertisements helps with my ADHD and helps me focus better. I don't have science to back that up, just my anecdotal self-r…

I use sponsor block on youtube too (I have youtube premium but that does not remove these sponsor blocks automatically) and the only videos I'm kinda sad not to see the sponsor blocks are videos by "Internet Historian". He does it funny enough not to be annoying. Worst example on the other hand is Linus Tech Tips in my opinion

Most SponsorBlock clients offer a way to whitelist certain channels so they aren’t skipped (iSponsorBlockTV does it), so that’s a good option if you like their sponsor segments
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