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Re:SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube by Mindwipe on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @05:15AM (#26887119)
That is literally how YouTube Premium works today, but people seem to feel entitled to watch without paying any money and blocking the ads.
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Re:SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube by franciscop on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @05:18AM (#26887139)
Will the sponsored bits be skipped if you pay for Youtube Premium? Or would you get to both pay AND be shown the sponsored segments?
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Re:SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube by axiosgunnar on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @05:36AM (#26887290)
Great question and we all know the answer.
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Re:SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube by Nextgrid on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @05:25AM (#26887186)
I can't blame people for not giving money and personal information (signing up to Premium requires creating a Google account and provide true personal information for billing purposes) to a hostile company that makes its money on stalking users.
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Re:SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube by throwaway3699 on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @05:29AM (#26887214)
So, basically, ads are more private than subscriptions?
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Re:SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube by Nextgrid on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @05:36AM (#26887288)
When it comes from a hostile company, yes.

You can mitigate the privacy impact of ads with countermeasures such as ad-blockers or provide fake personal information if asked.

You can't easily do so with paid services because you need to provide real information for the payment to be processed. This requires mutual trust on both sides of the transaction.

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Re:SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube by anoncake on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @05:05PM (#26895440)
Of course. I'm entitled to block ads and I'm entitled to watch things that are offered for free without paying. If you want to be paid for something, don't give it away for free.
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Re:SponsorBlock – Skip over sponsorship segments on YouTube by donw on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @05:34AM (#26887274)
Maybe. But Google has sacrificed trust.

Look at the comments under "YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Gets 'Freedom Expression' Award Sponsored by YouTube"[1]. And this is on Hacker News, probably one of the more Google-friendly communities you'll find online.

This is how you kill a vibrant community of creators.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26880582

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