• moistclump@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Genuine question, does that hurt the content creator? Does the sponsor know if people skipped watching that?

    • TerkErJerbs@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      I mean if intrusive ad revenue goes down imo it’s not a problem. In the case of an 80’s movie on YouTube posted by some dude I don’t think Rowdy Roddy Piper is gonna get any of your proceeds towards his cancer treatments anyhow (he’s dead).