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I believe this is because sponsor segments are like traditional TV ads. They don't use trackers, they are not targeted and they respect your privacy.
In that case it won't matter to anyone that I skipped them.
As I've mentioned in another thread, I believe YouTube provides analytics on this (hence the "most replayed" parts for some videos), and I'm certain I've seen some creators mention sposors requiring that information before a deal is made. So it may really hurt some small youtubers that can't rely on merchandise sales.
That said, I personally use sponsorblock as I don't feel like wasting my life on nordvpn ads, but I have to admit sponsor segments are a whole lot better than regular YouTube ads.
Edit: And as I far as I know they pay much better than regular ads.
The most replayed section won't count your view anyway since you're watching through an unofficial app that doesn't send tracking data to YouTube
It's true that YouTube does track the most watched portions of a video, but in the case of clients like NewPipe or this one the way the video is parsed it doesn't send the analytic data necessary, so it likely doesn't even count views, let alone watched segments.
Well, they can see whether you watched them or not. So technically still tracked. At least in the official youtube app.
They don't respect my attention and time, thought
I mean, the person making the video you are watching respected your time to the point they put in 10-100x the amount of time it takes you to watch that video to make it.
And the sponsor ad is how they afford said time commitment.
And show it to millions of people... So per capita... I put in more time then they did.
Apologies. You are the true hero. Thank you for your service
Hence why it might be hurtful to small creators. I'd love to see the numbers on that though, as the overall percentage of people using an adblocker is very low, I assume for Sponsorblock it's significantly less.
No not even close. You did not put in more time.
Then they fucked up.
I completely agree with you, and that's the reason I block them as well. I was just trying to give an explaination for the app's behaviour.
It's also under control of what the creator placed in the video. Youtube can insert commercials into your video, even if you chose not to monetize it.
You are right! I used to hate on sponsors but now I understand that they are way better than targeted ads.