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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: 0s | source
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grawprog ◴[21 Apr 21 21:19 UTC] No.26895576[source]▶
I'm not going to bash this or anything, I see why people dislike the sponsor segments, it's advertising after all, but as someone who honestly could not afford to donate to every single channel I enjoy watching, I'm glad content creators have a way to make money while still providing content essentially for free. I'd rather sit and watch a silly ad than just not have access to the content because I couldn't afford to donate that month or something.
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livre ◴[21 Apr 21 23:18 UTC] No.26896593[source]▶
I prefer those sponsored segments to regular web ads. They are old school, no tracking and are usually relevant to the content I am watching. I can't afford to donate to the YouTubers I like so I'm glad they can make money from those ads.
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1. mdorazio ◴[21 Apr 21 23:26 UTC] No.26896660[source]▶
I don't mind sponsored segments in general, but most of the channels I watch end up with some combination of Raid Shadow Legends, Nord VPN, SimpliSafe, Squarespace, and Raycon. It's actually refreshing when the sponsor is in some way related to the channel content, but I find it's fairly rare especially on the higher-subscriber channels.