I use Sponsorblock, enjoy it, and promote it whenever appropriate... but do we really a whole community for that? What do you want to talk about it there?
this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2024
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hahaha, interesting, thanks for the questions!
do we really a whole community for that?
Why not.
It is just another new community like many on lemmy.
What do you want to talk about it there?
People can talk about SponsorBlock and the like.
I honestly do not get it. Look at the pinned post: "Creating a new community is easy, but to get people on board, you need to create some content."
Please, let's not get into this habit of creating communities without having any clear purpose. It only makes things look even deader than they already are.
It's because OP is a tankie — possibly a Russian operative — trying to build as many communities to moderate on lemmy as they can, so they can post propaganda in an echo chamber, ban users for wrongthink, and control the narrative.
I can't find OP in that thread. Is this just conspiracy speculation?
OP is the original poster, so https://lemmy.world/u/jimmydoreisalefty
I just had a look at their profiles, the number of communities is quite high indeed.
Please, let’s not get into this habit of creating communities without having any clear purpose. It only makes things look even deader than they already are.
TIL, people follow that rule.
I try to keep my communities active, not sure you can say that about the others though.
What do you want to talk about it there?
Intrigued as well
Daily reminder that SponsorBlock, unlike adiacent solutions (Like AdBlocks for example) is not necessarily "good".
Explicit sponsorship inside a video is considered to be one of a few good solution to the issue of content creators being naturally subjected to death by starvation.
IMO: Ads are ads, even if they come from the creator themselves.
People will support them if they can and if they want to.
Many ways to support them, direct funding, talking about them, making communities, and other stuff.
That's not your opinion. Ads are, indeed, ads.
Not all ads are invasive soul seeking tracking nightmares and no, there are not "many ways" for content creators to do that full-time.
That’s not your opinion.
Okay.
Not all ads are invasive soul seeking tracking nightmares
Ads are ads; it doesn't matter if they are "good" or "bad," unless you want to watch them like most people do because they don't mind or they don't know how to block them.
no, there are not “many ways” for content creators to do that full-time.
If they do not get the engagement or funds they need, they will either paywall or find other ways to support themselves; or they will just not make it on YouTube or streaming, like many people before them, unless they continue to fight on while learning and failling.
This reminds me of some small business talks; it is a harsh capitalistic world; you give up or keep trying.
I still say grassroots funding and support is the way to go if they are just doing it for the hobby or for what they believe.
TIL, cool for them.
I use other YT forks and systems that already implement similar techniques even if they are "good" or "bad" ads.
I am also for Sailing the High Seas.
We have a difference in opinion on this matter, but thanks for the small chat and the link!
This is the section you are talking about:
SponsorBlock
This year, a developer worked on implementing support for SponsorBlock in NewPipe. SponsorBlock is a crowd-sourced database listing sponsored sections in videos, which are automatically skipped by clients such as web browsers, using extensions.
While SponsorBlock’s implementation apparently takes care to preserve user privacy (you can, e.g., download the entire database for offline use, and its regular querying system is also well made), it targets an ethical advertising system. Its purpose is to help users, who probably don’t realise that sponsorship is one of the most ethical ways to fund their favorite content, automatically skip sponsored sections of videos.
Morally, it’s a very questionable system. Of course, some sponsoring may be of little relevance to the user, or maybe even intrusive or hidden. But SponsorBlock doesn’t differentiate between ethical and unethical advertisements. It just skips all kinds of sponsored sections.
Explicit sponsorship inside a video is considered to be one of a few good solution to the issue of content creators being naturally subjected to death by starvation.
It's better on the issue of tracking, but if one is just an opponent of ads in general, there is no difference.
I would rather pay someone than watch ads (which I do if I watch their content regularly). I subscribe to Nebula, where a lot of the creators I watch post their videos. I also support some through Patreon. I wish there was a way to pay for just a single video, since some creators only occasionally produce videos I want to watch.
Ads promote overconsumption, and I don't think anyone should be forced to see them, unless they want to. Also, the sponsors are always the same 10 shitty companies (Betterhelp, Raid Shadow Legends, NordVPN...). I don't care for these companies, so why should I be forced to watch ads for them?
I wish there was a way to pay for just a single video
There totally is, just send them a low amount of money or do the hwole Youtube Premium thing.
advertising is emotional manipulation that i do not wish to be subjected to when not actively seeking it out. doesn't matter if it's done out of necessity, give me as a viewer a way to support you directly if that's the situation.
It does matter and most people obviously give you ways to directly support them.
and i pay those people if i engage with their creations. i still get ads in their videos, so i use sponsorblock.
No you don't.
my patreon bill is about $100 a month, I have a nebula subscription, and i pay for dropout, so yes i do.
DeArrow has a bad habit of renaming videos that don't need to be renamed. For example, 'History of the Entire World I Guess' was renamed to 'History of the World.' Ain't nobody clicking on that.
Any crowdsourced data is going to be at the whims of the crowd. It's why Steam's reviews are chock-full of memes that have been marked "helpful" by the community.
This extension really changed my life, or at least my fraught relationship with YouTube!
What are the chances of having podcasts added to sponsorblock?
I believe someone had asked for it and they said it was nearly impossible. You'd be able to do it in a single given app maybe, but the « download an episode by default » system, the (wonderful) variety of podcasting apps, and the variety of podcast ad services all make it nearly impossible. It's somewhere in the issues!
I don't understand what any of that have to do with it. Downloading? The number of apps doesn't matter, as they're all tied to the same RSS feeds. If your provider is injecting ads into your podcasts just...stop using them?
RSS feeds + timestamps = sponsorblock.