☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 14 days agoSponsorblock lets users mark YT video segments as sponsored, and will automatically skip those segments during playback.sponsor.ajay.appexternal-linkmessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkSponsorblock lets users mark YT video segments as sponsored, and will automatically skip those segments during playback.sponsor.ajay.app☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square27linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squaredwindling7373@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down6·14 days agoDaily reminder that sponsored segments are one of the few legitimate tools content maker have to sustain themselves without tying themselves up with invasive data gathering and keeping a modicum of indipendence from the platform that hosts them.
minus-squaregrandepequeno [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·14 days agoFine, but I don’t need to literally watch the segment for them to get the bag, much less buy the products Honestly most products that are advertized through youtube/podcasts have a sleazy vibe to them imo
minus-squareinsurgentrat [she/her, it/its]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·14 days agoAds are a cognitohazard, no I won’t subject myself to them and I encourage everyone else to avoid them. Yes much of what we rely on is ad supported. I don’t have an easy solution, still not damaging my brain by watching ads.
minus-squareWrongOnTheInternet [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·14 days ago content maker We generate more content in a single day than anyone could consume in a lifetime Shout out to my content creators who don’t use ads or seek subscription dollars though
minus-squaredwindling7373@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 days agoPoets that died in misery in their 20s?
minus-squareSamotsvetyVIA [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 days agoso dramatic. also, literally me
minus-squarePili [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·14 days agoIt’s alright, the sponsors can’t know that we skip their segment. It has been confirmed by LinusTechTips a while ago.
minus-squareheatenconsumerist [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·14 days agoWho cares? They get paid by clicks.
minus-squaredwindling7373@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoI’m sorry I don’t have a list of all the people that care about this issue.
minus-squareheatenconsumerist [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·14 days agoThey still get paid. There is no issue to sepak of. They’re not gluing your eyes open for that portion of the video.
minus-squaredwindling7373@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoYou are wrong but you sound committed to it so have it your way.
minus-squareKuroXppi [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-214 days agoWait so they are gluing your eyes to the video? Damb that must suck
minus-squaredwindling7373@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 days agoYou get used to it after a couple of years.
minus-squareD61 [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoI’m actually getting really tired of listening to ad reads for “Vessi’s waterproof sneakers”.
minus-squaredwindling7373@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoThey are not real, they are whimsical Gods from a plastic plane of existence.
minus-squareheatenconsumerist [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoAs somebody who has paid for adverts on videos, no; I’m not wrong.
Daily reminder that sponsored segments are one of the few legitimate tools content maker have to sustain themselves without tying themselves up with invasive data gathering and keeping a modicum of indipendence from the platform that hosts them.
Fine, but I don’t need to literally watch the segment for them to get the bag, much less buy the products
Honestly most products that are advertized through youtube/podcasts have a sleazy vibe to them imo
Ads are a cognitohazard, no I won’t subject myself to them and I encourage everyone else to avoid them.
Yes much of what we rely on is ad supported. I don’t have an easy solution, still not damaging my brain by watching ads.
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We generate more content in a single day than anyone could consume in a lifetime
Shout out to my content creators who don’t use ads or seek subscription dollars though
Poets that died in misery in their 20s?
so dramatic.
also, literally me
It’s alright, the sponsors can’t know that we skip their segment. It has been confirmed by LinusTechTips a while ago.
Who cares? They get paid by clicks.
I’m sorry I don’t have a list of all the people that care about this issue.
They still get paid. There is no issue to sepak of. They’re not gluing your eyes open for that portion of the video.
You are wrong but you sound committed to it so have it your way.
Wait so they are gluing your eyes to the video? Damb that must suck
You get used to it after a couple of years.
I’m actually getting really tired of listening to ad reads for “Vessi’s waterproof sneakers”.
They are not real, they are whimsical Gods from a plastic plane of existence.
As somebody who has paid for adverts on videos, no; I’m not wrong.