• Dremor@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      To my knowledge, sponsors do not give money to Google, just to the creator. So SponsorBlock isn’t needed.
      But I have to admit that some sponsored segments can be obnoxious as hell, so I can understand why one would use it.

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        1 day ago

        When I’m using sponsorblock, I sometimes just stop watching if I see a long sponsor section, regardless. If the poster has like 20% of their video used to talk about shilling something, then they’re probably not someone I trust.

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        1 day ago

        Ah, yes, you’re right. If the focus is just on not giving money to Google then SponsorBlock is unnecessary.

        However, I also find most sponsored segments obnoxious as hell so SponsorBlock still helps with making the YouTube experience better in general