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SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube

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661 points anotherhue | 3 comments | 12 Aug 24 09:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.697s | source
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dailykoder ◴[14 Aug 24 05:25 UTC] No.41242842[source]▶
I don't mind when youtubers have their own in-video ads tbh. Yes, a lot of them are often advertising really stupid shit (because it prolly gives the most money), but at least on most videos it doesn't break the flow as heavy as the normal youtube ads and it ain't as annoying. So I'd give them these few seconds of brainwashing me to deliver content that I like. That's fine.

I just stopped viewing people that use too many ads. Simple as that

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strogonoff ◴[14 Aug 24 09:40 UTC] No.41244313[source]▶
When content creator chooses and delivers ads (like the sponsored blocks on YouTube), as opposed to a network (like Google ads), it is actually worthwhile to me because 1) what they promote can be useful (since I subscribe to this channel in particular), 2) it is not fueled by a creepy shadow profile of me, 3) even if it is not useful, what they choose to promote (and how they do it) reveals something about them (scrupulousness, greed, creativity, what they think of me the viewer).
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1. 4ggr0 ◴[14 Aug 24 09:46 UTC] No.41244335[source]▶
> what they choose to promote (and how they do it) reveals something about them

maybe the YTers you watch are different, but that's not the case for me at all. Barely anyone promotes things which relates to their channel in the videos i watch. Hello Fresh, Manscaped, Squarespace, RAID: Shadow Legends, World of Tanks are the sponsor segments i mostly see, none of them relate to the video which they're in.

honorable exception is Miniminuteman who sometimes sells handmade jewellery made by a different creator and the jewellery even relates to the content of the videos.

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2. strogonoff ◴[14 Aug 24 14:51 UTC] No.41246789[source]▶
Among the channels or podcasts I follow that do sponsored blocks, some occasionally promote interesting services I haven’t heard about before, some (well, let’s be frank, there’s probably only one in the world that really hits it home: Map Men) can do even the most basic generic VPNs in a manner that can be equally or more entertaining than the rest of the video, making one literally wait to see the entire ad (even when it is at the very end), some do big but informative sponsored sections where the presenter interviews the business.
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3. 4ggr0 ◴[15 Aug 24 07:29 UTC] No.41253814[source]▶
true, if the sponsorship is done well, then i will gladly watch it, even if i don't care about the product.

i also love creators who timestamp their videos including the sponsorship block so that you can very easily skip it. or if they put a colorful border around the video while the sponsorship so that you can see when the ad ends when skimming through the video.