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You are happy to remove adverts from website, but removing adverts from video is unfair? Why?

• jraph 7y ago
  I'm not giving my point of view on fairness of skipping adverts in video vs. ad blocking on the web, but a big difference for me is tracking. I find sponsored segments really intrusive and I hate ads, but at least they are not targeted at me specifically. The sponsor hasn't installed some crappy js / resource to track me and target me. The ad is bound to the video instead.
  • ajayyy 7y ago
    I dislike them due to the deceptiveness in many modern ones (neglecting to mention that they are sponsored). It still is obvious to most viewers, but not to people not familiar. - sponsorblock developer
    • edgartaor 7y ago
      What channels are you watching? The channels I follow state "This video is sponsored by..."
      • ajayyy 7y ago
        Here is the video that made me start working on SponsorBlock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfgT6zx4k3Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfgT6zx4k3Q Here is a thread where I explain: https://www.reddit.com/r/kurzgesagt/comments/ca7vub/first_deceptive_sponsor_spot_no_mention_that_they/ https://www.reddit.com/r/kurzgesagt/comments/ca7vub/first_de... Note how the only mention of "Thanks to Dashlane for supporting this video!" is below the Read More button in the top comment. It really hurts me because I love Kurzgesagt, and I know they can do better. I don't like how much leverage theses advertisers have.