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SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube

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192 points bgstry | 5 comments | 21 Apr 21 07:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.53s | 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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1. t0mbstone ◴[21 Apr 21 23:31 UTC] No.26896706[source]▶
I pay for Youtube Premium specifically because I DON'T WANT TO WATCH ADS.

Ever.

I hate ads with a passion.

I get the fact that content creators need to make money, but there needs to be a better way.

Youtube needs to give content creators a way to put ads in their own content in a manner that gets automatically hidden if people pay for Youtube Premium.

Worst case scenario, I would even pay for a higher tier of Youtube Premium that let me hide that type of sponsor ad.

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2. 0xy ◴[21 Apr 21 23:44 UTC] No.26896817[source]▶
YouTube Premium pays creators substantially more than viewing ads would, and the creators thank you by shoving ads down your throat anyway. Skipping them is more than fair.
3. darkteflon ◴[21 Apr 21 23:57 UTC] No.26896934[source]▶
Yeah, agree with this 100%. Really want to support creators, but I’m also specifically paying not to see ads. Would also pay for a higher tier were it available.

Ideally the terms of any such new higher pricing tier would preserve creator profitability (versus whatever arrangement they have now), but not sure how realistic that is once it all comes under Google’s purview.

I note that a lot of the best creators seem to put their private sponsorship arrangements at the back end of their videos, so at least you can switch away after the content is over.

4. vagab0nd ◴[22 Apr 21 02:19 UTC] No.26898008[source]▶
Yes, yes, yes. YouTube can solve this problem easily by requiring annotating ads "chapters" from the uploader, then having a higher paid tier that skips these chapters.
5. partomniscient ◴[22 Apr 21 10:40 UTC] No.26901182[source]▶
I am the same. I hate ads, I pay not to see them, and hate anything that has "paid sponsorship" inside the content. It's like product placement/shows designed to sell things, in between the outright advertisements occuring all over again.

Tired of getting VPNs, audiobooks and mobile games getting flogged to me by people who are reading a script and come across as disgenuine all because they have a big enough audience that can be monetised.

I don't like being monetised.