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Re: SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube

#131

Post by fngjdflmdflg »

Joe_Cool wrote: post #130
fngjdflmdflg wrote: post #128

One issue with SponsorBlock is that people use skip to highlight[0] on music, which should be illegal. To me there often is no highlight for music. You need to hear the first part of the piece in order to enjoy the second. And people have different views on what counts as the highlight. I don't even like seeing the skip to highlight color on the scrub bar in videos that are just music. Skip non music[1] is good thoug…

You can just turn that off in the options including the marker on the seek bar. Also when it is bad don't hesitate to downvote. The database is only that good because of user feedback (and some anti-botting measures). You can check hidden segments and votes here: https://sb.ltn.fi/ And messing about with the API is made easy here: https://mruy.github.io/sponsorBlockControl-sveltekit/ You can find this and many more t…

I think that turns off the skip to highlight everywhere, right? I still want to see skip to highlight in non music videos. Also, looking at the use cases on the wiki for highlight, musics should not be allowed

> Skipping to the point/most important part of the video Skipping to the part of the video referred to by the title Skipping to the part of the video referred to by the thumbnail Skipping to the part of the video referenced from a preview/teaser at the start of the video

There is no "most important part" of a piece of music. And the last three don't apply at all.

Re: SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube

#133

Post by andrewmcwatters »

I suspect if I was creating videos and putting them on YouTube, the best way to make SponsorBlock obsolete would be to put a banner on my video that lasted the duration of my video.

You’d then need to create a new type of in-video adblocker that displayed an overlay to cover the advertisement, since you could no longer block it by timestamp.

Re: SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube

#134

Post by CuriousSkeptic »

zamadatix wrote: post #80
stronglikedan wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wouldn't pay real money other than my YT Premium, so I'm fine with sponsor reads. I'm not alone.

As I understand it YouTube Premium viewers result in significantly more revenue than ad based viewers do [1] but represent a tiny fraction of viewers [2] and can't be targeted separately. I.e. if most people were willing to pay in just one way, even if that were just YouTube Premium, then there wouldn't be such a strong incentive for channels to rely on sponsored segments but most people prefer not paying anything an…

I would buy premium in a heartbeat if it actually filtered out all ads and sponsored content. Not just the segment, the entire video should be cut if its creation was influenced by “impressions” or what ever filler content is measured in.

The current deal gives me no value, it just distributes more money to promote quantity crap over quality.

Someone needs to figures out how to take my money and distribute them to people working on actually valuable stuff.

Re: SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube

#135

Post by gosub100 »

Reubachi wrote: post #81
chankstein38 wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The thing that sucks is I pay for YouTube Premium to remove ads then youtubers always have sponsored segments. It makes my $20/mo useless because I'm spending time watching ads still. I don't have a solution I'm just stating my perspective on it. That said, SponsorBlock has been around for years. I've been using it for as long as I can remember. Basically any decent-sized channel's videos already have the sponsored s…

Same feeling here. It's gotten twice as expensive, which is insane by itself. But worse is the jarring rotation of sponsored advertisers. it's reminiscent of NASCAR. Or, like being a kid forced to watch advertising during TV breaks, wondering why the TV screen istrying to sell me cigarettes. It's maybe a bit social-media-toxic to say that some youtubers are my "favorite people" in that i look forward to their takes o…

> It's gotten twice as expensive, which is insane by itself.

No. Look, I'm not happy to pay more, but YT is really great. It's completely obviated the need to watch broadcast or cable TV for me (yes I know, sports...). They haven't enshittified it at all, and since I'm a music lover, I love that they include YT music (although I sorely miss its predecessor). There is the sum-of-human-knowledge and then some !! on youtube. it's absolutely worth what they charge. In fact, I dont know how they can even order enough storage to keep the thing running. tl;dr the features and content has grown proportionately with the price increase.

Re: SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube

#136

Post by jamesy0ung »

Always42 wrote: post #62

i have been using sponsor block firefox extension for some time. It's incredible. Youtubers I watch (LTT, marcushouse) are typically shilling crap like vpn or those stupid ray bud things. Youtube is not usable without adblocker and annoying without sponsorblock

LTT is not even worth watching, it’s just sponsored crap now disguises as a informational video

Re: SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube

#137

Post by [deleted] »

xigoi wrote: post #121
thaumasiotes wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Or, like being a kid forced to watch advertising during TV breaks, wondering why the TV screen istrying to sell me cigarettes. Cigarette commercials have been illegal since 1971.

Good to knoW that the entire world is under a single jurisdiction.

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Re: SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube

#138

Post by Joe_Cool »

fngjdflmdflg wrote: post #131
Joe_Cool wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can just turn that off in the options including the marker on the seek bar. Also when it is bad don't hesitate to downvote. The database is only that good because of user feedback (and some anti-botting measures). You can check hidden segments and votes here: https://sb.ltn.fi/ And messing about with the API is made easy here: https://mruy.github.io/sponsorBlockControl-sveltekit/ You can find this and many more t…

I think that turns off the skip to highlight everywhere, right? I still want to see skip to highlight in non music videos. Also, looking at the use cases on the wiki for highlight, musics should not be allowed > Skipping to the point/most important part of the video Skipping to the part of the video referred to by the title Skipping to the part of the video referred to by the thumbnail Skipping to the part of the vid…

That is planned per channel but not a priority at the moment: https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock/issues/435

Re: SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube

#139

Post by briandear »

chatmasta wrote: post #13
nerdjon wrote: post #4

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I wasn’t gonna buy the thing being advertised to me, so why not save us all some bandwidth and time? Or if you think that I was gonna buy it but I didn’t know it, then you’re admitting you want to manipulate me, which only strengthens my argument for my right to block it. Advertising is creating consensus without consent. It’s information warefare, propaganda, psychological manipulation… whatever you want to call it,…

Somebody is buying though. Advertising absolutely works.

Re: SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube

#140

Post by briandear »

tomjen3 wrote: post #17
nerdjon wrote: post #4

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I first started to block ads for privacy and to prevent those that takes over the screen, but once you have blocked ads once, you start to enjoy the actual peace and ability to concentrate. Plus ads are for shitty products, since good products end up selling through recommendations and reviews.

How do those recommenders find out about a product in the first place? Advertising and PR is how that happens unless a person happens to be friends with the owner.

Advertising facilitates discovery, reviews and recommendations facilitate sustained growth.

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