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I've been a Red/Premium subscriber for years, and I'm out the second there's a single ad. I'm annoyed at the increasing number of creators jamming sponsorships into their content. I don't know what my threshold is on that before I just stop following YouTube content altogether, but I'm getting close.

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SponsorBlock. Auto-skips that garbage. The overlay over the playback bar is helpful too. If I see that half of it highlighted as a sponsor segment, then I know it's a trash video that isn't worth my time.

I only watch YouTube on my PS4 using Google's app, so I don't think SponsorBlock is an option there. I was really happy with Red/Premium in the early days because I felt like I was getting a great deal for the price. Apparently there aren't enough subscribers, or Google doesn't share enough revenue with creators, or some combination of that and other things--but the experience is getting worse every week. I guess it was good while it lasted.

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