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Louis Rossman/FUTO's YouTube app, GrayJay, now supports Sponsorblock... and shames you if you use it (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by bionicjoey@lemmy.ca to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Seriously this was very surprising. I've been experimenting with GrayJay since it was announced and I largely think it's a pretty sweet app. I know there are concerns over how it isn't "true open source" but it's a hell of a lot more open than ReVanced. Plus, I like the general design and philosophy of the app.

I updated the YouTube backend recently and to my surprise and delight they had added support for SponsorBlock. However, when I went to enable it, it warned me "turning this on harms creators" and made me click a box before I could continue.

Bruh, you're literally an ad-blocking YouTube frontend. What kind of mental gymnastics does it take to be facilitating ad-blocking and then at the same time shame the end-user for using an extension which simply automates seeking ahead in videos. Are you seriously gonna tell me that even without Sponsorblock, if I skip ahead past the sponsored ad read in a video, that I'm "harming the creator"?

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[–] Norgur@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Since the app has ties to creators, I get why they disapprove of sponsorblock, but... Why did they implement it if they don't like it?

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Certainly there was big demand for it. I was hoping they'd eventually implement it as I'd been testing the app out

[–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

I get why they disapprove of sponsorblock

The app strips analytics and watch data preventing views from being counted. So the argument doesn't logically make sense. They're trying to make a moral argument out of something that doesn't and can't have any impact because the data used to justify watch-time and engagement isn't provided.