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Re:SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube by dnissley on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @03:26PM (#41238778)
They could stop sponsored segments, but they couldn't stop creators and users from going to other platforms where they allow sponsored segments. They have far less control than e.g. Apple with the app store (where they literally can stop other app stores from ever coming into being, barring regulation that changes that).
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Re:SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube by mschuster91 on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @04:38PM (#41239578)
> but they couldn't stop creators and users from going to other platforms where they allow sponsored segments

It's not like there are many viable competitors, at least for long form videos.

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Re:SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube by dnissley on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @06:30PM (#41240525)
If youtube stopped allowing sponsored segments that puts pressure on the market to produce such a thing. Even now creators are trying to come up with alternatives. Nothing has panned out, but something like stopping sponsored segments could very well tip a large number of people who want to get paid to find another way to get paid.
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Re:SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube by mschuster91 on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @06:35AM (#41244585)
So what, even despite high-profile creators such as Practical Engineering constantly pushing for Nebula (the largest of them), it's still a fraction of their YouTube following.
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Re:SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube by prmoustache on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @03:47AM (#41243623)
Most of the time, the complete content is a disguised AD anyway. Same for most hollywood movies.
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