eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days 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-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down18
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minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·14 days 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.
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.