alt Hacker News>It's really in their interests to auto-skip sponsor segments
But is it? Sponsor segments is view time, same as anything else.
>It's really in their interests to auto-skip sponsor segments
But is it? Sponsor segments is view time, same as anything else.
Yeah definitely. YouTube doesn't get a cut from sponsor segments. They would much rather that the only way to make money for creators was through them.
I would not be entirely surprised if in future they launch an "official" sponsorship system where the sponsored section appears like an ad (you can't skip it without adblock/premium), they take a cut and require all videos to use it.
I bet the only reason they haven't (other than the open revolt it would cause) is that it would just push creators to blend their sponsorship into the entire video instead of having a nicely separated segment that you can easily skip.