• deweydecibel@lemmy.world
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        Blocking YouTube ads I support.

        Sponsorblocker is just shitty. That money goes directly to the content creators, not Google. It hurts the wrong people.

        Besides, you can fast-forward those.

        • QHC@lemmy.world
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          Does SponsorBlock automatically skipping vs me manually scrubbing actually make any difference to what the creator receives in compensation?

          • bamboo@lemm.ee
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            1 year ago

            No, I doubt the analytics software can tell the difference. It just sees the user skip from timestamp X to Y

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          Besides what others have said, many YouTubers that include sponsor segments get paid a flat rate for doing so before/when the video is published. They don’t get recurring revenue based on sponsor segments, only from YouTube ads.

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          You can enable it on settings, you’ll probably have to download one of the suggested apps that do this, newpipe is probably best.

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            1 year ago

            Install Newpipe.

            Tap the share button in the YouTube ReVanced app.

            Select Newpipe. It’ll ask you some info about the download, then start downloading in the background.

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            Yeah. You have to download in an external app. That was something I did use a fair bit with premium but it’s no biggie that it’s gone for me.

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      Seems like a good alternative. Do you know if there a way to import my current subscriptions?

      Also, I’ve been using the music service for some time now as well. Do you have any suggestions for viable replacements for that?

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        1 year ago

        YouTube Music ReVanced exists if that suits you.

        ReVanced can patch quite a few apps, actually, not just YouTube.

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            I mainly just use ReVanced for YouTube and YouTube Music. It supports some other apps I use (like Twitch or Spotify), but there are better alternatives to those two. (If you’d like to see a full list of the apps supported by ReVanced and the patches available for those apps, go to https://revanced.app/patches .)

            Someone created a version of the Twitch app that supports BTTV emotes, blocks ads, auto-claims channel points, and auto-updates whenever there’s a new version available. They called it BTTV, though I don’t believe they’re actually associated with the BTTV browser extension.

            As for Spotify, I use xManager. They patch the Spotify app to allow ad-free music, among other Spotify Premium features. (Not every Premiums feature is enabled. Some require communicating with Spotify’s servers, and those aren’t enabled.)

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        I’ve been using the music service for some time now as well. Do you have any suggestions for viable replacements for that?

        Self-host Navidrome on a cheap VPS (or at home), use Symfonium to stream your music to your phone/car.