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Why not simply support the creators of the videos that you're accessing for free?

• satvikpendem 3y ago
  How do you know I don't support them? SponsorBlock is not a replacement for YouTube Premium, as Premium doesn't even have the option to skip parts of the video. If you do want to support them through watching their sponsor segments, then you can white-list sponsor segments but still skip filler, intro, and ending content. Based on this comment, I don't believe you have used SponsorBlock or know that it has capabilities beyond just what's in the name, simply blocking sponsors. It has much more. When I said "filler," I was speaking about the literal category that SponsorBlock has, content that serves no purpose than to pad the video: https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Filler_Tangent/Jokes https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Filler_Tangent/Jokes
• tomrod 3y ago
  Value(time) > Value(content consumed)-Cost(surviving advertising)
• BobaFloutist 3y ago
  Me watching the sponsor segment is worthless to the creators, since a company advertising on Youtube (or worse, podcasts) is a pretty good sign that it's a solution looking for a problem, or a poorly made or overpriced product. If I wanted to support them I'd give them cash, not sit in front of an ad segment for something I will never purchase.
• nwiswell 3y ago
  Among other reasons: because my time is substantially more valuable than the average 2 cents that YouTube pays the creator for each ad I'm subjected to.
• __MatrixMan__ 3y ago
  If it was a simple matter of giving them money, that would be great, but I can't really justify giving google a slice if they're going to spend it trying to make every internet-enabled device into a telescreen.