I don’t mind sponsorship segments as much. A good content creator finds a way to make those entertaining as well. And if they don’t, a couple presses of the arrow keys does the job.
A “couple presses of the arrow keys” can overshoot, forcing you to hunt around with the mouse to find the content.
SponsorBlock has an option to skip the segment with a single button press (instead of auto-skipping). You should give it a try before you judge. It’s really convenient.
creators who bake in their sponsorships are USUALLY paid upfront for the space.
Sure, although if they have a promo code they’re usually getting a percentage kickback from that as well. That’s what the whole Honey scandal was about, PayPal injecting affiliate links and stealing commission from the very people they had paid to advertise their service (and also everyone else).
For some reason I’ve been getting the “ad blockers violate the terms of service” nag lately on my firefox browser with ublock origin. My Brave browser doesn’t get it though. Any ideas?
Youtube/Google is known to bully and lash out against Firefox users first, they use that as a hybrid strategy to make people use Google Chrome more (other market, same corposcum). Not surprised.
uBlock isn’t “install and forget”; it needs some initial setup. Add some “filter lists” and overall look what is there in the settings.
Still, you should think about that self-esteem thing. Why do you still use that site with “ad blockers violate the terms of service” nagging? Do you really need it?
I installed it and did the setup and it worked great for many months. Then, in the last few days, something changed, though I made no changes to my browser or ublock. Today it works fine. Yesterday I was getting the nag. I didn’t make any changes from yesterday to today.
uBlock. Use it. Stop that masochism. Remove ads. Get some self-esteem.
Sponsorblock too
I don’t mind sponsorship segments as much. A good content creator finds a way to make those entertaining as well. And if they don’t, a couple presses of the arrow keys does the job.
A “couple presses of the arrow keys” can overshoot, forcing you to hunt around with the mouse to find the content.
SponsorBlock has an option to skip the segment with a single button press (instead of auto-skipping). You should give it a try before you judge. It’s really convenient.
Children used to work in mines, surely you could scoot a playhead
Mate what the fuck are you on about?
finally someone who gets it. there are some creators out there who actually make interesting bits out of their sponsorships
Maybe there are 5% of channels that produce interesting ads, but:
I think it’s also good to remember that, creators who bake in their sponsorships are USUALLY paid upfront for the space.
Meaning, just skip that shit if it’s not for you. They already got the money.
At least, this is how I have come to understand sponsorships.
Sure, although if they have a promo code they’re usually getting a percentage kickback from that as well. That’s what the whole Honey scandal was about, PayPal injecting affiliate links and stealing commission from the very people they had paid to advertise their service (and also everyone else).
I disable Sponsorskip on Some More News because I like watching Cody chug that disgusting looking green stuff. I’m a simple man.
Internet Historian is a good example
Internet Historian is also, unfortunately, a Nazi. Or at the very least alt-right and full of dog whistles.
It’s a shame, because his content—even the stuff he outright stole—was funny. But the evidence is staggering if you look for it.
Edit: Here’s a good summary from the old site.
For some reason I’ve been getting the “ad blockers violate the terms of service” nag lately on my firefox browser with ublock origin. My Brave browser doesn’t get it though. Any ideas?
Youtube/Google is known to bully and lash out against Firefox users first, they use that as a hybrid strategy to make people use Google Chrome more (other market, same corposcum). Not surprised.
uBlock isn’t “install and forget”; it needs some initial setup. Add some “filter lists” and overall look what is there in the settings.
Still, you should think about that self-esteem thing. Why do you still use that site with “ad blockers violate the terms of service” nagging? Do you really need it?
I installed it and did the setup and it worked great for many months. Then, in the last few days, something changed, though I made no changes to my browser or ublock. Today it works fine. Yesterday I was getting the nag. I didn’t make any changes from yesterday to today.
Youtube did something recently and uBlock had to update in response. I think it was automatically rolled out sometime “last night.”