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”?
Nobody said YouTube does the reporting. They give their creators tools and the creators are the ones who report on the performance of their videos, because it’s a business deal and that is how businesses work together. Lie about your numbers and you’ll lose sponsorshipv deals.
It’s fine if you don’t care, but the question was “what is the impact to creators” and this is it. It’s not my problem of the answer doesn’t satisfy you, or anyone else.