Comment on YouTube sponsorship starter pack

Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Mac@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  And Dearrow by the same creator.

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  • Paddzr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    What’s dearrow? Downsides?

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    • sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It replaces the thumbnail with a more representative frame from the video (voted by users). The ‘arrow’ was in reference to a trend where people would put a big red arrow pointed at some shit as clickbait. This is meant to stop clickbait

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      • Paddzr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Thanks, downloaded and bought it. Happy to pay for good software.

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    • Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Downside: Because you’re hiding the problem it doesn’t tell the creator in any way that people don’t like “arrow face” type thumbnails and clickbait titles.

      I also use it and it’s great, but… Yeah.

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    • Mac@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It changes titles and thumbnails to remove clickbait. Seeing the youtube homepage without it is genuinely jarring–everyone is clawing at your attention. “Pick me, pick me!”

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• biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I love sponsor block, it works pretty much flawlessly apart from when YouTube recommends me a video from literally 30 seconds ago, which is surprisingly often that I can now count it on 2 hands as of the last time I got a scarily new video on my feed,

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• Railcar8095@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That’s the bit I hate the most about YouTube premium. You still have ad! What’s the fucking point is I have to get adblock for sponsors.

  Drop every single add, including embedded and we can have a discussion.

  I’m not going to be paying anyway though

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• atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  another option is to exclusively watch small youtube channels

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  • Alaknar@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    God forbid someone gets popular and starts making money off of their passion!

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    • Holytimes@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      This is Lemmy. You were required to hate on anything that makes money or anyone attempting to monetize anything.

      Everything must be free.

      as much as I love self-hosting it does get f****** over the top with how up their own ass. A lot of people around here are.

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      • Alaknar@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        This, plus the “anti-imperialism” which goes so far anti western imperialism that it goes round to being pro russian imperialism.

        It’s like a clown show here sometimes.

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