I don’t use sponsorblock myself (though I don’t begrudge anyone who does). For a couple of reasons:
I don’t trust SponsorBlock necessarily, since it’s community-noted. It’s become clear that I have different opinions than others about what constitutes a sponsor spot. uBlock can be more certain about what constitutes an ad or not, since it comes from a different domain than the content, but with sponsor spots, they’re part of the same content stream.
Sometimes host-read ad spots are actually clever, or integral to the video in some way.
I have a lot more sympathy for the individual creator who gets all of that money than I do for the trillion-dollar multinational conglomerate.
In any case, I am typically pretty good at skipping ahead. And if the sponsor segments get too onerous, I tend to just stop watching that channel.
EDIT TO ADD: I’ve been informed that SponsorBlock now does a good job of solving the first problem by categorizing sponsor spots. I’ll have to try it out again.
FYI, you don’t have to have it automatically skip segments. You can have it label the segment in the seek bar (different color depending on type of content), and when the video reaches that point, a little option to skip pops up. So it’s entirely up to you each time.
I don’t use sponsorblock myself (though I don’t begrudge anyone who does). For a couple of reasons:
I don’t trust SponsorBlock necessarily, since it’s community-noted. It’s become clear that I have different opinions than others about what constitutes a sponsor spot. uBlock can be more certain about what constitutes an ad or not, since it comes from a different domain than the content, but with sponsor spots, they’re part of the same content stream.
Sometimes host-read ad spots are actually clever, or integral to the video in some way.
I have a lot more sympathy for the individual creator who gets all of that money than I do for the trillion-dollar multinational conglomerate.
In any case, I am typically pretty good at skipping ahead. And if the sponsor segments get too onerous, I tend to just stop watching that channel.
EDIT TO ADD: I’ve been informed that SponsorBlock now does a good job of solving the first problem by categorizing sponsor spots. I’ll have to try it out again.
FYI, you don’t have to have it automatically skip segments. You can have it label the segment in the seek bar (different color depending on type of content), and when the video reaches that point, a little option to skip pops up. So it’s entirely up to you each time.