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SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube

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192 points bgstry | 1 comments | 21 Apr 21 07:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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rPlayer6554 ◴[21 Apr 21 08:43 UTC] No.26886888[source]▶
I understand people don't like ads, but at some point doesn't someone have to pay creators for content? This feels just like stealing: I don't know how you can justify it: sponsor spots don't track you and they don't slow down your computer. Yes they are a minor inconvenience but they make the content you watch possible.
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1. nfoz ◴[21 Apr 21 21:43 UTC] No.26895827[source]▶
> I understand people don't like ads, but at some point doesn't someone have to pay creators for content?

No, the role of "content creator paid by impression and dependent on people not being able to skip intrusive segments of videos that they watch" has no intrinsic right or need to exist. There are lots of other ways for civilization to develop.