TotallynotJessicaadvertisers can say anything, but your content must follow the rules
Ygest Wefsid“ads are based on your activity” they say. I like biology and I am frequently engaging in biology related topics on the internet, yet they keep spamming me with gambling ads, israel army recruitment ads (yes these are a thing!), and occasionally the hot girl mobile games, all ads I literally did not ask for. Everything except biology.
UltraMagnus0001Use adneusem, sponsorblock on Firefox.
I honestly don’t use sponsorblock personally as a way to “reward” that type of advertisement as the least intrusive. I don’t even fast forward if the read is done by the podcasters themselves, sometimes they can actually make it funny in rare cases (like one of my favorite comedians who seems to try and say shit they know the advertisers would hate), it’s not targeted, and if there’s too many ad breaks that’s a strike on the podcast and I’ll simply not listen.
This might only make sense because of the type of stuff I’m consuming, but I prefer them to targeted ads and would like to encourage that behavior over the normal horse shit I cannot stand. No ads is always best but I’m realistic and people deserve to be paid for their content most of the time.
poryThe best part of sponsorblock is that the advertiser doesn’t see you skipping the ad in any way. You don’t have to sit through the segment to pump up the creator’s numbers.
Iirc the content creator can see when people fastforward and stop watching and stuff.
Though now that I say that, I’m on newpipe, so maybe not mine lol…
Can the creator choose to go with the intrusive cut away ads I hate instead of like a manscaped sponsorship? Like, do they have that ability and would that be something they’d do?
I also have regular adblockers so it’s possible some have both I suppose and I just don’t know because I block 'em.
They get paid better for in-video sponsors, because they’re cutting a deal directly with manscaped or whatever other scam product. The embedded cutaways give Google a cut and are based on number of views, the sponsor usually pays the youtuber a flat fee to shill in x videos based on that youtuber’s average viewership. Sponsorblock is a real “everyone wins” situation - you watch your video with no ads, the youtuber gets paid by the advertiser, the advertiser still gets their money’s worth because sponsorblock is a tiny slice of the audience.
Huh, well fair enough, good to know thanks!