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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Good point, if you're counting ad impressions and billing accordingly then it's better to simply lose the impression than bill the customer for displaying a "ghost ad".

However this is exactly what's happening to sponsors with SponsorBlock, their section gets skipped and nobody knows (well, the channel owner knows from the watch stats, but does the sponsor demand those stats, do they only pay for clickthroughs on the referral link, I have no idea how the YT sponsor ecosystem works)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They don't need any other information than referral link clicks/signups and video views, one of which they have metrics on, the other is public information. A SponsorSkip user is equal in their eyes to a person who isn't interested in the product.