Seriously this was very surprising. I’ve been experimenting with GrayJay since it was announced and I largely think it’s a pretty sweet app. I know there are concerns over how it isn’t “true open source” but it’s a hell of a lot more open than ReVanced. Plus, I like the general design and philosophy of the app.
I updated the YouTube backend recently and to my surprise and delight they had added support for SponsorBlock. However, when I went to enable it, it warned me “turning this on harms creators” and made me click a box before I could continue.
Bruh, you’re literally an ad-blocking YouTube frontend. What kind of mental gymnastics does it take to be facilitating ad-blocking and then at the same time shame the end-user for using an extension which simply automates seeking ahead in videos. Are you seriously gonna tell me that even without Sponsorblock, if I skip ahead past the sponsored ad read in a video, that I’m “harming the creator”?
Precisely. Basically every company that markets themselves using YouTube sponsorships is a scam anyway.
Nah, I watch a lot of videos about cars and most sponsors are legitimate businesses and some that I’ve bought from before.
VPNs and apps on the other hand…
Yeah, VPNs, mobile games, subscription services…
But yeah, some smaller and more niche channels might advertise real useful products, but that’s very much in the minority