There are plugins to automatically skip those segments too. They crowd source the begin and end times of the ads and automatically skip ahead.
Comment on YouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers — and it's doing something about it
waitmarks@lemmy.world 8 months agoI consider it already not ad free considering how many video creators shove sponsored segments in all their videos.
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 8 months ago
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
That’s largely because youtube native ads aren’t a reliable, predictable or consistant source of income. Plus youtube takes the largest cut of the money from those ads.
waitmarks@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I mean I get it and i don’t blame them for doing it, but it just makes googles claim of youtube premium being “ad free” insulting. Why would I give them money when they can’t even pay their content creators consistently enough, forcing them into alternative revenue systems?