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> watching their videos ad-blocked provides nothing. it provides the view count, for which the creator reaps rewards from as part of the boost in the algorithm
by chii 2y ago
> watching their videos ad-blocked provides nothing.
it provides the view count, for which the creator reaps rewards from as part of the boost in the algorithm from youtube.
Not to mention that a lot of creators on youtube also do sponsored segments.
- debian3 2y agoAnd that’s why there is SponsorBlock
- hhh 2y agowhich has horrible issues with moderation and zealots over-blocking random things in videos
- netsharc 2y agoI've seen a Linus Tech Tips video where the seekbar was very colorful due to SponsorBlock, someone added all the sponsors, product placement and tangents into it. I admit I've marked segments on videos, e.g. skipping cringy jokes when I find the presenter annoying.
- pbasista 2y agoTo clarify, are you saying that these segments were marked incorrectly? If so, then it is a plain case of internet vandalism. I would just ignore such segments. But if the segments were marked correctly and there were too many of them in the video, that is the problem caused by the video creator, not by the community which publishes the segments.
- netsharc 2y agoThey were marked correctly, but I had a feeling someone was sufficiently annoyed with all the fluff in the video, that they went to the trouble. I think it was the only time I saw an LTT video with that many SB segments.
- imchillyb 2y agoSponsor block may have issues for content creators, but as a viewer I don’t care; at all.
- hhh 2y agoI mean issues in that they over-mark things that are unrelated, instead of just skipping sponsor-related segments.
- skyyler 2y ago"horrible" is kind of overstated, I feel. I use SponsorBlock and haven't had any issues. I enjoyed when it skipped 99% of an MKBHD video, it was kind of funny.
- rubslopes 2y agoYou can adjust the settings to block only actual ads
- nfriedly 2y agoReally? I've been using sponsorblock for years and I don't feel like I've ever seen any of that. It's pretty rare for me to go back and watch something that was skipped, and when I do, I generally feel that skipping it was the right call.
- hhh 2y agoI mostly watch small to middle sized tech/sci tubers, and for example f4mi is a channel where i’ve seen this
- dmonitor 2y agoYoutube has recently added a premium feature where if you skip ahead 5s, it will prompt you to skip an entire "commonly skipped" section. It seems like they've picked up on sponsorblock and are making it a feature for Premium users.
- darthwalsh 2y agoI don't think I've ever had it work on my pixel. I tap ahead through all ad reads I've already decided not to buy, and it's much more reliable to just skip ahead 30s/90s/etc than hope the prompt appears. I've seen the prompt maybe 5 times.
- jnsie 2y agoIs this the new artists-doing-free-work-for-exposure?