eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoSpotify threatens industry with ad-skipping tool: "Skip Ahead" is available for Premium users in selected markets, and enables them to skip entire ad breaks, intros, sponsorship messages.podnews.netexternal-linkmessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 hours agoYouTube is doing the same thing. I noticed my Android TV, with the built in YouTube app, auto skips the YouTuber’s sponsor segment. It’s not SponsorBlock, just plain YouTube. It’s about control. Google/Spotify don’t get a cut from direct sponsorships. They can’t have that.
minus-squarePRIMEcavitationfetishist@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 hours agoNothing good survives capitalism. Profit motive grey goo.
minus-square\\\mr\rnd;@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 hours agolucky adblock skips their ads too
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 hours agoI think the larger point is they’re squeezing the content creators, though. Most YT/Spotify users don’t use adblock, but this effectively kills creator revenue if they do this by default.
YouTube is doing the same thing.
I noticed my Android TV, with the built in YouTube app, auto skips the YouTuber’s sponsor segment.
It’s not SponsorBlock, just plain YouTube.
It’s about control.
Google/Spotify don’t get a cut from direct sponsorships. They can’t have that.
Nothing good survives capitalism. Profit motive grey goo.
lucky adblock skips their ads too
I think the larger point is they’re squeezing the content creators, though.
Most YT/Spotify users don’t use adblock, but this effectively kills creator revenue if they do this by default.