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YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/2883134 (!android@lemdro.id)

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

You're absolutely right. Sponsorblock directly harms the average people making content, it has nothing to do with Google.

It's gross and reveals how much of the complaining about ads has absolutely nothing to do with privacy or malware or corporate profiteering or anything like that. These people are just nakedly selfish.

Wear those downvotes with pride. They mean you have a conscience and feel empathy.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Sponsors don't pay the creator less if you skip the sponsor segment. That's not tracked, at least not in a way that google will share with the creator or anyone else. If that changes someday, sure, you have a point. For now skipping the sponsor segment is as harmless as skipping through the commercials on TV.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Cheers. I don't think I've ever had such a response to a normal ethical take. We complain about wanting free and open source products but by the looks of it nobody is able to sit through a 20 second sponsor.

    If we had everything on a free open source platform people would still skip the sponsored segment.

    I feel if the sponsor blocks keep up we'll start to see the creators or sponsors combat it in ways we really don't like.

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