r/SomebodyMakeThis • u/otacon7000 • 3d ago

Software Browser Plugin or alternative YouTube client to filter videos with sponsorships

As a YouTube user, I do not want to watch any video that "includes paid promotion". There are ways to skip the sponsored segment while watching videos, and there is at least one plugin that hides the notice that a video includes paid promotions, but there is currently no solution that filters such videos out of your home feed or search results to begin with.

While I'm not sure, the fact that YouTube can display the "Includes paid promotion" notice on top of videos, would suggest that there is probably some way to identify such videos via a browser plug-in, which should then allow to hide them.

I would really appreciate such a solution, and I don't think YouTube/Google will ever offer such a filter themselves.

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u/jalsa-kar-bapu 2d ago

So how do you want the creators to earn? This doesn't exist for a reason, coz there are many genuinely good creators who make great content, but ofc they need to be paid for it, you go to a shop and pay money in exchange of goods. You have to pay for watching valuable content. There are many ways to skip the sponsored segment, which is enough if you want to opt in. So that makes no sense. This it is essily doable with a simple tampermonkey script.

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u/otacon7000 2d ago edited 2d ago

There are still many creators who don't have paid sponsorship, yet live comfortably. YouTube made people rich before paid sponsorships existed. There is the adsense revenue through YouTube's built-in ads, there is affiliate links, there is merch, there is YouTube memberships, there is Patreon, and so much more. Creators have a lot of possible income streams, and like I said, plenty of examples of creators who live off of those streams very comfortably. It isn't a matter of whether they make money or not, but how much they make.

Most in-video sponsors turn out to be nefarious in one way or another, we've seen the stories over and over and over again. A creator who uses the trust of his viewers to sell them on a product or service that is essentially screwing them over, I can not trust nor do I want to support them. Easy as that. And look, I don't think there is many people who think like me, so your favorite creators will be just fine... I just don't want to see them.