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qrluke / adwhore.net

[This project is being completely re-written] Collaborative YouTube sponsor segments adblocker (extension).
https://adwhore.net
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Add new ad skip reason: Not actual advertising #33

Closed Perfomer closed 4 years ago

Perfomer commented 4 years ago

Hi there! I want to suggest add one more category: Not actual advertising. I think there's no any reason to see the ad about something not actual, so I want autoskip same ads. For example: VK Fest that already was ended.

qrluke commented 4 years ago

Hi! Thanks for the suggestion!

I agree that it is useless to watch ads not about actual events, but I know that they are extremely rare (I have watched 1.5K segments in the last 2 weeks), and I think that adding such a feature will make it difficult to use the extension.

The category determines the subject / approach of the ad, but not the timing, so I would have to add another checkbox and force the user to check if the subject of the ad is actual or not. I think this will make it harder to use the extension and (worst of all) make the UI much more complex.

Almost all user-submitted segments are from new videos, so someday someone will have to edit a segment to mark it as irrelevant, another person will have to view it ... It's really that difficult. Is it worth it? I don't think so.

It will also confuse the user: for example, this is a 1x ad, but the event described in the ad is no longer relevant. P.S. Festivals are usually recurring events, a promotion / sale is an advertisement for a service / store.