• zeus ⁧ ⁧ ∽↯∼@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    yeah same. there are many youtubers whom i would have just left the video after the first falsely-cheery misleading promotion, whereas with sponsorblock i’ll at least continue watching the video, helping them algorithmically and possibly allowing others who don’t use sb to see their content

    it’s the same thing as “pirated copies ≠ copies not sold”. skipped segments ≠ segments not watched

    • NightOwl@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      Sponsorblock keeps me from downvoting and exiting immediately if someone properly flagged interactions so thst it skips parts where they ask me to like and subscribe when I just started the video. Why would I just clutter my feed with bunch of subscriptions and like it when I haven’t even had a chance to assess whether I like the content.

      I don’t know why but I hate it even more than YouTube ads and sponsored segments those smash the like and subscribe and ring the notification bell commands.