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Cool.
Still sticking with uBlock and SponsorBlock (skips all the "this video was sponsored by" segments on YouTube).
I wish SponsorBlock and DeArrow were integrated into Invidious, like with Piped.
Add DeArrow in there as well (anti-clickbait)
I believe uBlock manages to remove all ads on yt by tickling the subscription of some list bundled in its installation already
SponsorBlock skips past the video segments which contain sponsored advertisement. There's no overlap with what uBlock does.
SponsorBlock is not cool. This is the main revenue source of creators.
Adblock on the other hand in a cancer in youtube and has to go.
I'm never removing SponsorBlock until YouTube cracks down on scams being promoted by big yotubers.
So, never.
Skipping the sponsored segment doesn't net the creator less money. They're paid before the video gets uploaded, or at worst by view count iirc.
Sponsors don't see if you skipped their ad segment.
Sure they do.
How, exactly, do they see that?
YouTube knows exactly where you start and stop the video, what segments you skip, etc., etc. and the channel has access to those analytics. Not saying that anyone shares that with the sponsors, but the mechanism IS in place.
That's my point. The sponsors of individual youtubers don't have access to that information
I don't know anything about sponsor agreements. Just because the sponsors don't have direct access, that doesn't mean there aren't other ways for them to get that information.
Have you never seen this when skipping through a video? The spikes are the most watched parts. They absolutely track what individual parts of a video get the most views.
Only creators and YT know the numbers and they don't share it.
What youtube interface is that?
I don't remember seeing that.
Do you have proof it harms them?
Unless you personally click the link and sign up using code WeAreAScam at checkout, they don't get anything extra. They already have been paid for the ad read.
It's like saying you're stealing from a TV station because you took a piss during the ad break.