Problem is a) it is the same stuff that is being sold all across youtube, b) aside from maybe audible none of that is a good offer, c) the claimed benefits are non-existent or bullshit (see all VPN ads) and finally d) the problem is not advertising, it is terrible products. Good products should not need creators to sponsor them, they should get creators so excited they can't stop talking about it.
A) Youtube is a big site. It's more likely that you're seeing the same ads on the channels that you watch. It's very unlikely to be the same set that I see.
b) Apart from the products you like, none of it is a good offer?
c) Are you sure this is true for all sponsors?
d) Is advertising ever justified in your mind?
Overall, I think you just don't like ads, so have decided to arrive at that conclusion. Your arguments don't seem to hold water.
I am talking about ads in sponsored segments. The inventory of youtube ads is much bigger, but I blocked them a long time ago (too annoying).
As for the sponsor ads it is always things like hello fresh, vpn ads, ads for free to pay games, etc. You can argue that hello fresh could be a good deal for a very small selection of people[0], and VPNs might be fine if people didn't lie about what they can do but in general it is shit or actively harmful.
Think of it this way: if you are making the best make up brush, do you want to pay for a sponsorship or just send a few samples to channels that are likely to feature it? On the other hand if what you make is so-so you have to pay to be featured.
It wasn't because ridgewallet was so good everybody was showing it, it was because they were paid for it - and even if you want a wallet like that, you are the one who pays for all the marketing.
So to sum up: most products are not revolutionary, the few that are gets their own mention because they are revolutionary and so what is left over is either too expensive or not good enough.
[0]: disposable money and enough time to cook, but not too much time and/or not enough skills to make a dish from scratch.
> I am talking about ads in sponsored segments. The inventory of youtube ads is much bigger, but I blocked them a long time ago (too annoying).
I'm also talking about sponsorships, not Youtube ads (preroll, display, interstitial, etc). However, I don't watch the same channels you do, so I don't see the same sponsorships.
I have seen a Hello Fresh sponsorship, but never Ridgewallet or Raid Shadow Legends that someone else mentioned. I have seen sponsorships from electronics components companies, airlines, medical supplies companies, body armour, agricultural equipment, solar panel installers, a local newspaper, a local dairy, etc.
Edit: Funnily enough, I just heard my first sponsorship for a prescription hair loss medication - ads for prescription medications are illegal here (Ireland) so definitely a bad ad.
Unless you happen to be an Irish search-and-rescue medic who lives part-time on a farm (or have the same interests), you aren't going to see the same sponsorships. Your bubble may contain VPN and F2P games, but mine doesn't. Hence, making generalisations based on your own experience is not helpful.
In the end, I don't think there's anything wrong with using SponsorBlock, but I don't believe that you have an ethical motivation for using it. If so, the best course of action would be to simply avoid the channels/podcasts peddling the products you don't like. You use it for convenience, plain and simple.
