Holy fuck, the ads on Twitch are insane!!!
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To be honest they're the lesser of the two evils. With a pre-roll you know that you'll have 20-30 seconds to wait before being able to check out a stream and do something else during it, then get immunity from ads on that stream for a while, but without them turned on you can get hit with Ad 1 of 11 within the first couple of mins of watching a stream.
I don't think I've ever been hit by more than 2-4 ads at a time. 9+ sounds absolutely bonkers. Is that a glitch, or a streamer who have their ads cranked to max?
I think Max is the biggest streamer I regularly watch and the ad segments are definitely getting out of hand (usually 5-6 ads for me, very annoying during the SGF shows). I've always used Ublock but it doesn't work here. It's not as bad with smaller streamers.
I dont use twitch much so i dont remember, do they not just ever have banner chyrons/ads on the bottom or the corner? Like they did back when watching fox in the 90s?
There are two types of ad banners on Twitch. One that appears below the stream and makes the stream smaller for like 30 seconds and then an other one that appears above chat only during an ad. The former has increased in frequency, while the latter is next to non-existant these days.
A recent partner survey apparently asked about banner position, size and etc., so I think those will become even more common.
I don't watch a lot of Twitch but I've never seen an ad, maybe Sweden doesn't get them?
I don't use a PC though, either my Google TV app or cast from my phone.
That said, I replaced Spotify with YouTube Premium years ago and it's the best subscription I've ever paid for.
I don't use a PC though, either my Google TV app or cast from my phone.
That said, I replaced Spotify with YouTube Premium years ago and it's the best subscription I've ever paid for.
Some countries don't get ads, I believe Poland is one of them
ah, I see thanks
Yeah, I don't know what I'm doing differently honestly
I don't know if it's uBlock, 7TV or BetterTTV, but I haven't gotten an ad in desktop Twitch for ages. And I still get them through the phone and console apps so it's not country related.
Twitch ads are way out of hand now, google twitchadsolutions, ive been using the ublock script from there for a while now and havnt gotten a single ad.
yeah that shit is hella deflating if you just want to take a peek
essentially turns into a small waiting room when you enter a non-subbed stream
I don't use Twitch or any other gaming streaming thing, but the ads on YouTube are unbearable. They're long, unskippable, come up at the worst times and YOU EVEN HAVE TO WATCH AN AD TO GET TO FIRST AID VIDEOS
"Yeah sorry, I wanted to help the guy live, but I had to watch an ad on how some idiot became rich with Bitcoin before I could learn CPR"
"Yeah sorry, I wanted to help the guy live, but I had to watch an ad on how some idiot became rich with Bitcoin before I could learn CPR"
Invest in first aid courses, because YouTube will not help you.
I signed up to twitch turbo just to get rid of ads. They don't promote Turbo at all because they want you subscribing to individual channels (which I also do for 2-3 channels). Twitch is what I literally call unusable without either Turbo or an ad blocker.
that was true, but now they promote it and increased the price by A LOT
Just use an extension called "TTV LOL". It's an adblocker specifically for Twitch and it hasn't failed me so far. It's unlisted on the Firefox web store for some reason (though it still works if you already had it installed) but it's still there on the chrome web store.
For Android, use Twitch ReVanced..
For Android, use Twitch ReVanced..
ah shit, yeah just saw that now. Looks like it's increased by ÂŁ4.50 here which is a lot, damn.
Im only watching Twitch if there is a big tournament in Counter Strike, Warcraft 3, or Starcraft 2.
Im using S0undTV app on a Nvidia Shield tv pro and I have not seen a single ad since I started using it.
Regarding the amount of ads I'm not surprised it has gone this far.
It's the same with Youtube these days. It's all about making the absolute most money possible. Amazon/Google does not care if it ruins the viewer experience since they basically both have a monopoly with their product, and ultimately they want you to sign up to their paid subscription service instead of the free one (but with ads). The more people who sign up for the paid subscription service the better and more stable revenue for both companies, and in the end they can slowly raise the price for this to make even more money.
Im using S0undTV app on a Nvidia Shield tv pro and I have not seen a single ad since I started using it.
Regarding the amount of ads I'm not surprised it has gone this far.
It's the same with Youtube these days. It's all about making the absolute most money possible. Amazon/Google does not care if it ruins the viewer experience since they basically both have a monopoly with their product, and ultimately they want you to sign up to their paid subscription service instead of the free one (but with ads). The more people who sign up for the paid subscription service the better and more stable revenue for both companies, and in the end they can slowly raise the price for this to make even more money.
Only run ads when you first join my stream, I'm earning pennies (if that) on ads so why bother.
It's not the default setting so joining other streams where I'm inundated with them is super frustrating. Checked the price of Turbo but it's way more expensive than I expected, and presumably doesn't come with free subs to channels?
It's not the default setting so joining other streams where I'm inundated with them is super frustrating. Checked the price of Turbo but it's way more expensive than I expected, and presumably doesn't come with free subs to channels?
Before everyone was paying USD regardless of where you are paying from, now they have regionalized it
maybe it's because i live in the philippines, but i very rarely get ads on twitch, and it almost never comes up in the middle of streams. it's only going to be a matter of time though for sure.
youtube ads when i'm on my phone are about as ridiculous as people say they are for twitch ads.
youtube ads when i'm on my phone are about as ridiculous as people say they are for twitch ads.
I get ads on iOS (iPhone and iPad), at least. Much more than on my computer or on my TV.
Yep I've been using TTV LOL and haven't had an issue surprisingly. To be fair, I hardly watch twitch and when I do, I leave it up for rewards only to claim later.
I'm also super surprised that I was grandfathered in to the EVO channels years ago when I subbed to them with a Prime sub so I haven't had ads for a while now.
It's why I generally don't watch anymore. They don't let you pop in to see if you even like the persons personality. You pop in and get hit with 6 ads. I miss when Twitch Prime have you no ads. I'd rather they not give me games I'm never gonna play and go back to no ads.
and also increased the price.
German price was $8.99 (€8.33) and now is €11.99 ($12.94).
Yeah a lot of times I don't have ads on mobile (iOS) on certain channels and even when it works, just putting PiP avoid the ads completely.
But I can't suggest people enough to use the link I used on my other post, Twitch is trying to fght proxies but the method still work flawlessly, because some countries just doesn't get ads at all.
I only really watch the couple streamers I'm subbed to. It's too hard to get into a new stream when you have to wait 30 seconds before you even get to see the stream
The ads are so repetitive too...
The ads are so repetitive too...
What sucks is I already don't like Twitch. I'm not much of a watcher of other people unless it's high level comp. Then suddenly you see ad 1 of 6….
Swear to god its the only channel where I'm hit with that shit, usually during a hype moment too. Any other stream is maybe 2-3 ads at the start, but his is the fucking gauntlet. lol
I honestly don't ever remember a day twitch worked well and that's before the increase in ads. I feel like it did me a favor in avoiding ever trying to interact with the platform beyond attempting to watch E3 etc for about 20 seconds before reverting to YouTube
Nielson estimated that twitch brought in $2.046B in revenue in 2020.
Yes, however I'm interested in learning about profit not revenue.
