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And you don't have a right to have your cake and eat it too. It's astonishing how many people on HN believe it is okay to shaft the sponsors of the content the

by umvi 7y ago

And you don't have a right to have your cake and eat it too. It's astonishing how many people on HN believe it is okay to shaft the sponsors of the content they enjoy and consume. What ever happened to "don't bite the hand that feeds you?"

iicc 7y ago
I object to someone trying to influence me, just because they're paid to. Don't you?
- wongarsu 7y ago
  Then don't watch sponsored channels?
  - tetris11 7y ago
    And if the only fast video sharing site is teeming with these kind of videos? What would a sane man do?
    - umvi 7y ago
      Support the content creator with Patreon and then skip the in-video sponsorship with a clear conscience.
      - ajayyy 7y ago
        Maybe my extension will convince some youtubers to offer non sponsored videos on patreon. That would be the dream result of this extension. Even nebula (CGP Grey and Kurzgesagt's steaming platform) sadly doesn't enforce this.
zamadatix 7y ago
So I pay for YouTube Premium. I also have a Twitch Turbo, a Netflix 4k family, a Disney+ bundle with enhanced Hulu, HBO, Amazon Prime, Spotify Premium, and I'm sure others I'm forgetting. I also have a few of my favorite creators on Patreon directly. I donate more monthly to free/open software than I spend on licensed software/games. Am I really giving the shaft to the content because I want to skip the ad segment or are they giving me the shaft for trying to force ads on me even though I've already paid for the content twice? I don't want to hear your catchy jingle, get your brand stuck in my head, or hear about the same damn 3 services 1000 times. I just want to pay for content and watch it. It's not possible without something like this. Is everybody using this service like me? No. That doesn't make them wrong either though, it's not like there was an alternative option they could have picked that would have let them avoid these segments "officially".

by umvi 7y ago

iicc 7y ago

I object to someone trying to influence me, just because they're paid to. Don't you?

wongarsu 7y ago
Then don't watch sponsored channels?
- tetris11 7y ago
  And if the only fast video sharing site is teeming with these kind of videos? What would a sane man do?
  - umvi 7y ago
    Support the content creator with Patreon and then skip the in-video sponsorship with a clear conscience.
    - ajayyy 7y ago
      Maybe my extension will convince some youtubers to offer non sponsored videos on patreon. That would be the dream result of this extension. Even nebula (CGP Grey and Kurzgesagt's steaming platform) sadly doesn't enforce this.

zamadatix 7y ago

So I pay for YouTube Premium. I also have a Twitch Turbo, a Netflix 4k family, a Disney+ bundle with enhanced Hulu, HBO, Amazon Prime, Spotify Premium, and I'm sure others I'm forgetting. I also have a few of my favorite creators on Patreon directly. I donate more monthly to free/open software than I spend on licensed software/games. Am I really giving the shaft to the content because I want to skip the ad segment or are they giving me the shaft for trying to force ads on me even though I've already paid for the content twice? I don't want to hear your catchy jingle, get your brand stuck in my head, or hear about the same damn 3 services 1000 times. I just want to pay for content and watch it. It's not possible without something like this. Is everybody using this service like me? No. That doesn't make them wrong either though, it's not like there was an alternative option they could have picked that would have let them avoid these segments "officially".