[bmn__]

> it's your media player job to skip the uninteresting part of a video you're watching ?

Of course. That's why Sponsorblock exists.

Who is in control? I am in control over my time, my attention, not the middlemen between the video author and me.

[SalimoS]

The same as adblock exist (im not agains ad blocked, im using them already it's just trying to explain that the moment you requested the webpage it's up to the website to put whatever it wan't(his right), the job of your browser is to display it and your right to refuse the ad, hide it, block it or automate it in the browser level by an extension or your OS level (blocking DNS)

PS:in another comment i tried to explain how i see it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33919824