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In YT videos will still have "sponsored content" regardless. If they can't make YT display their ads, they will buy off the content creators. Ad industry is jus

In YT videos will still have "sponsored content" regardless. If they can't make YT display their ads, they will buy off the content creators. Ad industry is just so infectious.

dzhiurgis 5y ago
SponsorBlock
- Tijdreiziger 5y ago
  It's a great solution, but it has a big limitation: you can't use it with the official YouTube apps for phones and TV's. You end up having to resort to 'hacked'/third-party clients like Vanced, with all the risks to your Google account that entails.
- patates 5y ago
  It's also known that the extensions are also bought and start displaying ads, or worse, double charge the ad industry to let them escape their block (like once upon a time ABP did).
  - pushrax 5y ago
    That has happened before, but very rarely, and I highly doubt will ever happen to SponsorBlock.
    - JadeNB 5y ago
      > That has happened before, but very rarely, and I highly doubt will ever happen to SponsorBlock. Why do you doubt it? I've read that extension creators are constantly bombarded with offers to package just a little malware in their extension; surely the same is true of ads. If you're just a hobbyist developer—and that's where the best extensions come from—surely it's too much to expect that you'll resist that pressure forever.
      - darwinwhy 5y ago
        SponsorBlock is open source. https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock
      - ajayyy 5y ago
        SponsorBlock is completely tied to my real identity, why would I want to destroy my reputation for relatively little gain.
        JadeNB 5y ago
        It's definitely nothing against you; indeed, I thank you and everyone like you who makes these tools that make my browsing experience so much better. I assume that everyone who makes useful extensions like this does so out of good will. But I also assume that it is possible for a good person to tire of maintaining a piece of software, and want to pass on control, and to allow themselves to see the upside of an appealing and lucrative offer and believe that the worst won't come. And I can't blame a person who does this—they certainly don't owe me anything.
        waterhouse 5y ago
        Into this discussion I will drop the following points: 1. The creator of the VLC media player was apparently offered "tens of millions" of euros to insert ads. Thus, if your software is sufficiently widely used, that is the kind of temptation you may eventually face. 2. He said no. So there do exist people who will resist such temptation. Citation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15372048 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15372048 and the link chain therefrom
        omershapira 5y ago
        VLC is GPLv2, saying yes would have been a short term annoyance for the community in exchange of him cashing in.
        patates 5y ago
- heavyset_go 5y ago
  Doesn't work on a phone or Chromecast, unfortunately.

In YT videos will still have "sponsored content" regardless. If they can't make YT display their ads, they will buy off the content creators. Ad industry is just so infectious.

dzhiurgis 5y ago

SponsorBlock

Tijdreiziger 5y ago
It's a great solution, but it has a big limitation: you can't use it with the official YouTube apps for phones and TV's. You end up having to resort to 'hacked'/third-party clients like Vanced, with all the risks to your Google account that entails.
patates 5y ago
It's also known that the extensions are also bought and start displaying ads, or worse, double charge the ad industry to let them escape their block (like once upon a time ABP did).
- pushrax 5y ago
  That has happened before, but very rarely, and I highly doubt will ever happen to SponsorBlock.
  - JadeNB 5y ago
    > That has happened before, but very rarely, and I highly doubt will ever happen to SponsorBlock. Why do you doubt it? I've read that extension creators are constantly bombarded with offers to package just a little malware in their extension; surely the same is true of ads. If you're just a hobbyist developer—and that's where the best extensions come from—surely it's too much to expect that you'll resist that pressure forever.
    - darwinwhy 5y ago
      SponsorBlock is open source. https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock
    - ajayyy 5y ago
      SponsorBlock is completely tied to my real identity, why would I want to destroy my reputation for relatively little gain.
      - JadeNB 5y ago
        It's definitely nothing against you; indeed, I thank you and everyone like you who makes these tools that make my browsing experience so much better. I assume that everyone who makes useful extensions like this does so out of good will. But I also assume that it is possible for a good person to tire of maintaining a piece of software, and want to pass on control, and to allow themselves to see the upside of an appealing and lucrative offer and believe that the worst won't come. And I can't blame a person who does this—they certainly don't owe me anything.
        waterhouse 5y ago
        Into this discussion I will drop the following points: 1. The creator of the VLC media player was apparently offered "tens of millions" of euros to insert ads. Thus, if your software is sufficiently widely used, that is the kind of temptation you may eventually face. 2. He said no. So there do exist people who will resist such temptation. Citation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15372048 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15372048 and the link chain therefrom
        omershapira 5y ago
        VLC is GPLv2, saying yes would have been a short term annoyance for the community in exchange of him cashing in.
      - patates 5y ago
heavyset_go 5y ago
Doesn't work on a phone or Chromecast, unfortunately.