Link:
- lemmy.world/c/sponsorblock
- [email protected]
SponsorBlock is an open-source crowdsourced browser extension and open API for skipping sponsor segments in YouTube videos. Users submit when a sponsor happens from the extension, and the extension automatically skips sponsors it knows about using a privacy preserving query system. It also supports skipping other categories, such as intros, outros and reminders to subscribe, and skipping to the point with highlight.
The source code is fully open and the database can be downloaded by anyone. I want to keep this as open as possible! You can view the docs for the public API or host a mirror.
Daily reminder that SponsorBlock, unlike adiacent solutions (Like AdBlocks for example) is not necessarily “good”.
Explicit sponsorship inside a video is considered to be one of a few good solution to the issue of content creators being naturally subjected to death by starvation.
It’s better on the issue of tracking, but if one is just an opponent of ads in general, there is no difference.
I would rather pay someone than watch ads (which I do if I watch their content regularly). I subscribe to Nebula, where a lot of the creators I watch post their videos. I also support some through Patreon. I wish there was a way to pay for just a single video, since some creators only occasionally produce videos I want to watch.
Ads promote overconsumption, and I don’t think anyone should be forced to see them, unless they want to. Also, the sponsors are always the same 10 shitty companies (Betterhelp, Raid Shadow Legends, NordVPN…). I don’t care for these companies, so why should I be forced to watch ads for them?
There totally is, just send them a low amount of money or do the hwole Youtube Premium thing.
advertising is emotional manipulation that i do not wish to be subjected to when not actively seeking it out. doesn’t matter if it’s done out of necessity, give me as a viewer a way to support you directly if that’s the situation.
It does matter and most people obviously give you ways to directly support them.
and i pay those people if i engage with their creations. i still get ads in their videos, so i use sponsorblock.
No you don’t.
my patreon bill is about $100 a month, I have a nebula subscription, and i pay for dropout, so yes i do.
No, no, no.
Fuck ads in any form, and fuck you for trying to normalize/justify them.
Well, fuck you as well :)
Oh, I guess I’ll bite…
If ads are not acceptable ever, please tell me how you think people should be supported.
Unless you are expecting people to just provide you free content forever, what do you suggest?
You don’t see free open source platforms and software advertise everywhere, do you?
How is that an answer to my question?
The answer to your question is the implied answer you can gleam from my rhetorical reply by comparing how free open source platforms such as Wikipedia and Mozilla operate. If you had any reading comprehension or critical thinking skills you wouldn’t have needed to ask (hint: my non-sequitur implies I have a weak argument).
The majority of Mozilla’s income comes from advertising for Google