Yes. The answer is Yes. And Hank Green brings receipts.

  • dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Obviously they are since i got a youtube premium feature the other day that gave me a button to skip a sponsored segment and it’s most likely an ai that said the segment starts here and ends there from learning the sponsorship patterns.

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      2 months ago

      That ‘feature’ has been around on no official YouTube apps for a long time now. Zero reason to pay for it.

      • astropenguin5@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        As a other premium user, trust me that is not the main reason I use it, it’s entirely to get rid of ads on mobile. I use the feature occasionally on mobile too but on desktop I use sponsorblock and it’s wayyy better both from an accuracy and user interface standpoint.

        Sidenote: I also am on a plan that my parents pay for, though I used to pay for it myself after getting it for free for 6 months and I couldn’t go back to the ads