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by ajayyy 7y ago
Good idea, feel free to join the Discord linked on the website so you chat with people about your idea.
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by ajayyy 7y ago
Yea, I agree. However, companies need to advertise to get there product out there. Well, even I did by posting about this extension on hacker news. I think there are ways to make ads more ethical than the average ad out there, and I appreci
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by ajayyy 7y ago
I think it's just a vocal minority, and on reddit there were way less people disagreeing with the extension :/ - Dev
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by ajayyy 7y ago
That's not completely true. They are making a majority of the money (creators), but it's not directly related to what you watch. The entire pool is split by watch time (watch time from people even not subscribed to youtube premium
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by ajayyy 7y ago
I find it the other way. As well, I am fine with youtubers who make it clear and whitelist those. - Developer
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by ajayyy 7y ago
I agree, this is what made me hit the tipping point however. I love kurzgesagt, they are amazing.
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by ajayyy 7y ago
haha, that is something I'd be scared this extension promotes, since that is something unblockable - Developer
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by ajayyy 7y ago
That is sad but true. That is why proper separation make sponsorships so much better and more ethical.
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by ajayyy 7y ago
I've thought of that a lot. You can look through my comments on this thread and my comments on https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/cl5t45/i_made_an_a... This was all built because of unethical
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by ajayyy 7y ago
Yea, or if you are supporting them on patreon. It is like CGP Grey's "adblock absolution"
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by ajayyy 7y ago
Google doesn't like sponsorships, they don't get a % cut.
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by ajayyy 7y ago
Yes, but for an outsider not part of the joke, like a child or old person, they don't know about that
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by ajayyy 7y ago
Corridor Digital has a timer on screen.
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by ajayyy 7y ago
I'm sure some people are okay with them, but they drove me to never watch his videos :/ Maybe I will try watching his videos again with this extension, I don't know.
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by ajayyy 7y ago
People use adblock now, I don't see how this is much worse. In my opinion, this is more ethical than adblock since it allows easy whitelisting and has an easy to click unskip button.
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by ajayyy 7y ago
Why not automate it, I've already spent countless hours over the past 2 months working on this software, I'm not wasting that time.
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by ajayyy 7y ago
I wouldn't say that. Only big creators get sponsors. I guess it depends on what you mean by small creator. And this isn't taking money, it would just be not putting any in.
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by ajayyy 7y ago
Some people have different opinions. I oppose deceptiveness, and am not too opposed to tracking.
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by ajayyy 7y ago
That wasn't there I'm pretty sure, and even still, it doesn't say sponsored anywhere, just a plug for it. Yes, it is obvious to us what it is, but to an outsider or child? It is manipulative to those people.
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by ajayyy 7y ago
True, I shouldn't have included them in that list, they are edited out now.
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by ajayyy 7y ago
This kurzgesagt video is what made me start work on this extension: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfgT6zx4k3Q No mention of sponsor, doesn't say "supported by" accept in the top comment that was added later
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by ajayyy 7y ago
According to some guy on reddit, they do have pretty detailed viewer retention graphs. https://i.imgur.com/LSobAV4.png https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/cl5t45/i_made_an_a... - D
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by ajayyy 7y ago
Right now, there is no easy way, but you can do it manually following these steps: Get an sqlite DB GUI like this awesome one: https://sqlitebrowser.org/ Open up the DB from https://sponsor.ajay.app/database
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by ajayyy 7y ago
Follow this issue: https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock/issues/131
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by ajayyy 7y ago
Yea, or like YouTube's skip ad button.
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by ajayyy 7y ago
The API is open and database is downloadable, so feel free to try making something. https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlockServer#api-docs - Developer
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by ajayyy 7y ago
One reason this isn't visible could be due to the fact that there are two checkboxes. One just says that it includes it, and the other says to display it. The YouTube console tells you that you don't have to display it if you ment
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by ajayyy 7y ago
I haven't watched wendover in over a year since I was sick of his sponsorships, but I remember never knowing when the end of a video was, because the sponsors were part of the same sentence.
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by ajayyy 7y ago
Would you be interested in an option in this extension to not actually skip the sponsors, but just show them in the seek bar? Then, you can be prepared for them, but choose yourself whether to skip them. Follow this issue: https:/&#x2
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by ajayyy 7y ago
I don't fully agree with you. There are some channels that do sponsorships well: Jay Foreman, Tom Scott, etc. There are some that do it terribly: Kursgesagt recently, Wendover productions (I hate deceptive segues), etc. You can see mor

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