• AcesFullOfKings@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    SponsorBlock. An absolute necessity if you watch youtube on desktop. It skips host-read sponsors in videos, as well as other stuff you might want to skip like intro animations and Interaction Reminders (“don’t forget to like and subscribe!”).

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      I love skip to highlight, and I hate interaction reminders more than sponsored ads or ads. I especially hate the ones that tell you to like and subscribe at the very beginning when you haven’t even seen the video to even decide if this is something you actually want to add to your feed or even liked.

      It’s so obnoxious. Without sponsorblock I’d be just exiting out a lot of videos.

      Block tube is also something I’ve come to love, since there’s some popular channels that always clutter search results even if you don’t watch their videos. So removing them makes results more relevant instead of having to keep looking down the list for other channel videos.

    • Ⓑⓡⓞⓚⓔⓝ@lemdro.idOP
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      1 year ago

      There’s also DeArrow by the same developer that made SponsorBlock. It converts clickbait titles and thumbnails to be descriptive rather than being clickbaity and sensational.

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            Begs? Bad take. It’s the developer’s full time job to make those two extensions. They don’t materialise out of thin air, someone has to dedicate themself to developing it, hosting the servers which store and send the information, managing the community around them, fixing bugs. That stuff isn’t free. The servers alone cost hundreds of dollars per month. If you value the utility that it gives you then paying a small amount for the server cost and the developer’s time is completely fair.

            edit: oh and also dearrow is usable entirely for free. The payment is basically optional.

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      1 year ago

      “don’t forget to like and subscribe!”

      what’s the issue with that?

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        Because they’re annoying, I don’t need to be reminded 11038139 times to subscribe and hit like.

        Btw remember to like and boost this comment and also follow me

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        1 year ago

        They’re normally not that short and I hate being asked to do the same thing a thousand times.

        Don’t forget to like and subscribe, and click that bell icon to get notified of all our latest videos. Also, let us know what you think about ABC down in the comments! And if you want more content like this, click join to become a member and please become a Patreon member. This week we’re giving special mention to John, who supports us at the top level. And this video is brought to you by Square Space!"

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        I don’t like being told what to do. And everyone does it so it becomes an incredibly over done catch phrase. I’ll decide on my own if I want to like or subscribe, and I hate it when they ask at the beginning of the video. At that point they are telling you to blindly do it.

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          I agree with saying it at the beginning of the video but I don’t mind when it’s said at the end. If I’m still there I clearly enjoyed it and might want to consider subscribing.

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            1 year ago

            I think in general I have a really bad attitude towards engagement interactions, since I was well aware of the cliche recommended sales people tactics that any of those techniques rub me the wrong way. I prefer more grounded deliveries that don’t leave me with the impression of a sales encounter.