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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: 0.209s | source
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vages ◴[21 Apr 21 08:58 UTC] No.26887003[source]▶
I get the technical justification for doing this: You own your player, so you should be able to control it in whatever way you want. But as consumers, how do we expect the uploader to get paid for their work if we use both Adblock and Sponsor-skip (for the lack of a better word)?

Pay to watch is, of course, an option, but that leads to discrimination based on income – unequally distributed between parts of the world and individuals in the same part of the world. (Yes, I am aware that the sponsorship system leads the creators to cater to the more well-off within each bubble, so it's still a bit discriminatory.)

Any ideas or objections?

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cyborgx7 ◴[21 Apr 21 09:15 UTC] No.26887113[source]▶
Advertising is bad and I will oppose it in all its forms. What other system for financing the content does or doesn't exist is irrelevant to the my decision to block as much advertising out of my perception as I can.

That said, Patreon seems to be working very well for a lot of people making high quality content.

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antiterra ◴[21 Apr 21 20:09 UTC] No.26894785[source]▶
That reads an awful lot like: “If a content creator’s patronage is not in the form I prefer, I deserve to circumvent that patronage and consume their content anyway. It’s irrelevant to me how & if they are compensated.”
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1. Seirdy ◴[22 Apr 21 23:26 UTC] No.26909358[source]▶
Yes. Content consumers being "lost customers" is a problem if your business model requires them to do something that they are incentivized to avoid doing.

Overlapping options for content creators (many of which do or do not apply depending on various factors, mostly forms of privilege) include picking a different business model, having a different means to support yourself, giving up, and realizing that your existing business model is compatible with free viewing.

Depending on consumers to be selfless by donating or choosing to consume ads is not the only business model in town; there are more paths to take than "expect selflessness or give up". Selflessness isn't typically a basket worth all your eggs.