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I will gladly accept my usual downvotes to remind people Sponsorblock is only hurting the content creators, not Google, and given there's absolutely no threat of malware or tracking from a sponsored in-video ad, you have no need for it besides entitlement and a disrespect for the people that are already getting fucked over by Google in the first place.
And I still don't give a damn! There are two scenarios in case of sponsors.
It doesn't matter if I skip for number one, obviously. Number two could be an argument. But 99% of those sponsors are borderline scams anyway, so I really don't care, because I will never buy something off a sponsorship like that. Not NordVPN (which still tracks you btw...), nor Raid, nor any other crap.
Additionally, SponsorBlock also gets rid of those annoying reminders to "like and subscribe" barely a second into the video, and other such annoyances like fillers or those dumb spoilers that show the best parts of the video right at the start.
SponsorBlock isn't the issue. It is a symptom of Googles unfathomable greed and the creators/consumers collective Stockholm Syndrome. I value my time more, than hearing the same five sentences about World of Tanks, Raid or any other braindead "game" repeated 500 times.
The only sponsors I don't skip are the ones from InternetHistorian. He at least puts effort in and makes it fun to watch.
Agreed. If any content creator makes an effort in their ad spots (Jay Foreman, How to Drink, and the aforementioned Internet Historian) then that automatically gets whitelisted on sponsorblock.
And often the ads for stuff like Raid or similar stuff can be jarring, with the audio louder than the actual video or beginning with some random sound that "captures your attention". Thank goodness for sponsorblock.