Founder here:
I think that many people already skip the ads using the 30 second skip forward button. I know I did before building this app.
I'm also thinking about safety -- people driving their car and reaching for their phone to skip the ads.
I think that many people already skip the ads using the 30 second skip forward button. I know I did before building this app.
I'm also thinking about safety -- people driving their car and reaching for their phone to skip the ads.
If the content provider offers it, and I want to give it, cool.
But paying for this, has nothing to do with the provider.. At all actually. All money goes to someone who filtered out Adverts, if you wanna have a better argument you could say : can't anyone do this: And yes, but its the time and effort that goes into it, maybe release it open source and free so others can build a network of methods to remove more ads and even support the content provider without them needing to invest in a 'special ad-free' streaming service.
Nobody is telling you not to use this, just their own reasons for not.
It really would have been an attractive project to play with. But it looks like you just wanted a 'snatch and grab'.
Again, well done: You did the work but I wont be participating.
Honest question: were you expecting this backlash - I would assume you wouldn't have used a throwaway account otherwise.
If the same was done for TV on a mass scale then you'd sure as shit see invasive DRM in TVs ready to stop you from altering the stream during an ad break.