It's like all the services are increasing their price and decreasing the content/quality.
I find that's issue with startup culture where they have lost billions of dollars in name of growth and now they need to recover
I find that's issue with startup culture where they have lost billions of dollars in name of growth and now they need to recover
That's the main reason I won't even consider YouTube Premium - pointless to pay for "an ad-free experience" when, instead, you get a 5 minute segment in the middle of a video shilling for [flavour of the month]VPN or Audible.
If you are playing a playlist of music videos, "standard" ads ruin your playlist. And music videos don't have sponsor interruptions.
That said, the "sponsor segment" has become a staple in the YouTube channels I follow, and it is noticeable, but most authors will helpfully place it in its own segment, where you can skip it. I never watch the sponsor messages, because why would I? Ads suck.
That said, sponsorblock works decently well for automatically skipping sponsored messages.
You can't really complain, though. It was nice to have better-quality content for cheap while it lasted, so we can just appreciate that. But now you actually have to pay what things are worth. I don't see the problem.