I don’t mind sponsorship segments as much. A good content creator finds a way to make those entertaining as well. And if they don’t, a couple presses of the arrow keys does the job.
I have sponsorblock but i just have it set to manually skip. Like, if it’s the third time i’ve listened to a sponsored segment on raid shadow legends, i basically have the script memorised. i press enter and it skips and i don’t feel bad cuz i know exactly what they’re going to say.
also, tomska has really good sponsor bits so, it makes me feel bad to skip
A “couple presses of the arrow keys” can overshoot, forcing you to hunt around with the mouse to find the content.
SponsorBlock has an option to skip the segment with a single button press (instead of auto-skipping). You should give it a try before you judge. It’s really convenient.
It doesn’t affect them getting paid, that’s correct.
But It does negatively affect their stats which can affect their ability to grow and get that video/their channel seen more. Youtube tracks things like retention and watch %, it matters.
Tomska comes to mind as a pretty hilarious example - not just because he turns them into skits, thats normal enough. He had a whole saga trying to figure out how far he could push the boundries of the VPN company sponsoring him before they would start intervening. It started off simple enough, with the South Park philosophy of “Add provocative stuff so they cut that, rather than the jokes we like.” Rather than editting they script, the approved it as is. He thought it was funny, and took that as a challenge. After increasingly crass and violent ads (on-brand for him, and with appropriate content warnings) eventually ended up going so far as to include an ad that even he considers way too far. Said ad later had to be editted out of the video it was included in. In my opinion, despite obviously being very all ads, its collectively some of the funniest content hes made.
I don’t mind sponsorship segments as much. A good content creator finds a way to make those entertaining as well. And if they don’t, a couple presses of the arrow keys does the job.
I have sponsorblock but i just have it set to manually skip. Like, if it’s the third time i’ve listened to a sponsored segment on raid shadow legends, i basically have the script memorised. i press enter and it skips and i don’t feel bad cuz i know exactly what they’re going to say.
also, tomska has really good sponsor bits so, it makes me feel bad to skip
A “couple presses of the arrow keys” can overshoot, forcing you to hunt around with the mouse to find the content.
SponsorBlock has an option to skip the segment with a single button press (instead of auto-skipping). You should give it a try before you judge. It’s really convenient.
Children used to work in mines, surely you could scoot a playhead
finally someone who gets it. there are some creators out there who actually make interesting bits out of their sponsorships
Maybe there are 5% of channels that produce interesting ads, but:
I disable Sponsorskip on Some More News because I like watching Cody chug that disgusting looking green stuff. I’m a simple man.
I think it’s also good to remember that, creators who bake in their sponsorships are USUALLY paid upfront for the space.
Meaning, just skip that shit if it’s not for you. They already got the money.
At least, this is how I have come to understand sponsorships.
It doesn’t affect them getting paid, that’s correct.
But It does negatively affect their stats which can affect their ability to grow and get that video/their channel seen more. Youtube tracks things like retention and watch %, it matters.
Occasionally, a flashgitz ad segment is more entertaining than the actual vid.
Tomska comes to mind as a pretty hilarious example - not just because he turns them into skits, thats normal enough. He had a whole saga trying to figure out how far he could push the boundries of the VPN company sponsoring him before they would start intervening. It started off simple enough, with the South Park philosophy of “Add provocative stuff so they cut that, rather than the jokes we like.” Rather than editting they script, the approved it as is. He thought it was funny, and took that as a challenge. After increasingly crass and violent ads (on-brand for him, and with appropriate content warnings) eventually ended up going so far as to include an ad that even he considers way too far. Said ad later had to be editted out of the video it was included in. In my opinion, despite obviously being very all ads, its collectively some of the funniest content hes made.
He’s his videos recapping the saga:
links
Dear Surfshark, Please Fire Me
Dear Surfshark, Please Forgive Me
Internet Historian is a good example