• deweydecibel@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    You’re absolutely right. Sponsorblock directly harms the average people making content, it has nothing to do with Google.

    It’s gross and reveals how much of the complaining about ads has absolutely nothing to do with privacy or malware or corporate profiteering or anything like that. These people are just nakedly selfish.

    Wear those downvotes with pride. They mean you have a conscience and feel empathy.

    • yukichigai@kbin.social
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      9 months ago

      Sponsors don’t pay the creator less if you skip the sponsor segment. That’s not tracked, at least not in a way that google will share with the creator or anyone else. If that changes someday, sure, you have a point. For now skipping the sponsor segment is as harmless as skipping through the commercials on TV.