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Re:Show HN: SponsorBlock – Skip sponsorship segments of YouT... by Nullabillity on Friday August 23, 2019 @05:26PM (#20782768)
The people who take these sponsorships are punching down by abusing their reputation to hawk this kind of crap, often also in ways that make it unclear that they're being paid to do it.[0][1]

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20781415

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20780305

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Re:Show HN: SponsorBlock – Skip sponsorship segments of YouT... by shortformblog on Friday August 23, 2019 @05:42PM (#20782945)
They’re trying to make a few bucks. You’re trying to get their content for free without supporting them, and doing double-backflips to try to convince yourself that you have the moral high ground.

You don’t.

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Re:Show HN: SponsorBlock – Skip sponsorship segments of YouT... by krispbyte on Friday August 23, 2019 @10:10PM (#20784743)
How is this different from using an adblocker?
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Re:Show HN: SponsorBlock – Skip sponsorship segments of YouT... by shortformblog on Saturday August 24, 2019 @02:29PM (#20788817)
There is no tracking involved with a paid sponsorship. This is not like some crazy adtech here. This is literally someone just trying to pay some bills by hawking a product—the ethical concerns are significantly less.
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