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for sure. but if everyone did this, then there wouldn't be a point for sponsorships and creators would be less incentivised to make content. and at least it's an ad they can control. believe it or not, ads work, and sponsored bits even more. and tbh i do watch some of the sponsored bits if they're fun and creative. i invite you to watch any wulff den video.

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Sponsorblock is still super useful even with sponsorships left on. It's more like a "cut everything except the core content" tool.

Ref https://watchwithmira.com/blog/sponsorblock-categories-expla...

Cutting intro/outro/preview is nice if you're watching a bunch of videos on the same channel in a row.

See, this is what I don't get. I don't like watching ads, and not using sponsorblock is not gonna make me watch ads. Even if you went to the "drink a verification can" route, and disabled the skip button, I'd just stop watching the videos.

> if everyone did this ... creators would be less incentivised to make content

Yeah, I guess they'd just have to stop making videos then.

> believe it or not, ads work, and sponsored bits even more

Is that... good? Most of the sponsors I have seen have been semi-shady snake oil like NordVPN and BetterHelp.

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