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by JeremyStinson 110 days ago
In addition to what Twitch is doing, a banner popped up in the Android YouTube app stating that you need to upgrade to Premium to be able to "Jump Ahead to parts other users think are valuable". Different from skipping 10 seconds at a time, but there's a non-zero chance that'll be pay-walled too.

It'll only be a matter of time until you can't do anything but watch whatever content Google has curated for you, with no chance to adjust anything at all.
3 comments
dogleash 110 days ago
> Premium to be able to "Jump Ahead to parts other users think are valuable".

This is Google's euphemism for building a SponsorBlock equivlient into youtube. It just sounds terrible if they come out and tell you that in addition to removing their ads, they're selling an adblocker. They don't want you adblocking their ads, but they'll gladly charge you to do it to someone else.

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KomoD 110 days ago
> a banner popped up in the Android YouTube app stating that you need to upgrade to Premium to be able to "Jump Ahead to parts other users think are valuable".

You can still scrub the video manually, that's just a separate "Jump ahead" button that skips past the most skipped section.

I don't have a problem with it because they didn't take anything away from me.

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EmptyCoffeeCup 110 days ago
At that point, you stop watching, right?

Youtube isn't some life or death resource - if they go too far, users will switch off.

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