It's for sponsors too so yes a total view count is important since creators use views to negotiate deals. I have adblock[0], but I still watch sponsor spots.

0: I just side step this entirely these days by paying for premium.

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nandomrumber 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Why should sponsor care sent viewers who block their advertising?

I’ve been a premium member for about 15 years.

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stetrain 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Ad blockers and Premium don’t block embedded sponsorships in the videos themselves, which are a common way for creators to monetize their videos.

	▲	girvo 5 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Premium absolutely does, via YouTube's new "Jump Forward" feature.
	▲	Braxton1980 5 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		There's a new skip method for premium members (which I have) where you can skip commonly skipped sections as recorded by other users. For example- if a video has a section about their sponsor from 3:30 to 4:10 and I press the right seek button twice around 3:30 the jump will be to 4:10. It also displays an alert that it's using the feature.
	▲	hirako2000 5 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Some do. With crowd funded submissions on where the placement starts and ends.
	▲	tcfhgj 5 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		sponsorblock does

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