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Louis Rossman/FUTO's YouTube app, GrayJay, now supports Sponsorblock... and shames you if you use it (lemmy.ca)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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"?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Shit, I didn't realize there were 48 hours in a day.

Sorry, you're right. Creators should work their 9-5 and then spend another 8 hours a day making videos for us out of the goodness of their hearts. I now think it's disgusting that these people try to monetize their hard work

I think it's ironic that the argument is both "sponsor segments don't respect my time!" AND "I have no respect for the time of the creators"

[+] [email protected] -8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nobody needs YouTube videos nor is anyone compelled to make them. I'm guessing you don't remember when YouTube was completely free and people just made videos for fun?

Now people quit jobs that support them to do something fun and try to make monry off that. Which is fine, but we're not required to support their hobby. Stop acting like people have no other option in their life except to make reaction videos, video essays, meme compilations, etc.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

If nobody needs them then why are they complaining? Just don't watch it. Your problem is solved!

Videos on YouTube are so much better than the era you're remembering. If nordvpn or whoever sponsoring videos is the way for creators to continue making great things on a regular schedule, I'm not gonna make a huff when they take a minute to acknowledge them. I skip most of them, too, but I'm not venting about what a terrible inconvenience it is.

And sorry for not specifying that I wasn't speaking about reaction videos and meme compilations when I said "high quality", I thought it that would be pretty damn clear but I guess we watch different things on YouTube

Stop acting like it's morally wrong to get paid for your work. If there's a market for it, why shouldn't people do it full time? Should Hollywood work for free, too?