The "adblock" crowd never converts anyway, so forcing ads on them just leads to wasted impressions and lower CPMs.I really do wonder if anyone over there has sat down and done some real cost analysis over the situation. Because apparently they feel like driving away visits and paying an entire team dedicated to breaking ad blockers is still more profitable in the long run.
Additionally, annoying adblocking users to the point they abandon your site entirely, causes a loss of pageviews and search rank, which also lowers CPMs.
I really do wonder if anyone over there has sat down and done some real cost analysis over the situation. Because apparently they feel like driving away visits and paying an entire team dedicated to breaking ad blockers is still more profitable in the long run.I don't have anything more substantial than anecdote.
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tags and expecting it to be a magic money button. It's completely trivial to code advertising that adblockers won't block, but that would require abandoning the surveillance, and having to actually court advertisers instead of the ease of that magic money button.
LOL looks like the blockers are working again, Twitch can go fuck themselves.Yeah apparently streamlink works too, so the authenticators have been taken down.
There needs to a internet button that says "I will never buy anything from ads" that forces companies to understand "Oh, ok, so showing ads to you is a waste of time and resources. We'll just show ads to everyone else. That gives our ads more effectiveness and less waste""but what about this ad?"
There needs to a internet button that says "I will never buy anything from ads" that forces companies to understand "Oh, ok, so showing ads to you is a waste of time and resources. We'll just show ads to everyone else. That gives our ads more effectiveness and less waste"So many people would press that button that would eventually click ads to buy stuff anyway
Which ones are you using?twitch adblocker plus for chrome
How long will it be until they inevitably make it that people with adblock get their account banned.you log in?
I've heard creators openly talk about how Twitch's ad spam supports Twitch more than creators.
I don't see a solution. People saying they hate all advertising. What do you expect to happen? To be able to opt out of encountering any kind of advertising at all ever? How can you guarantee that you will never purchase a product or register interest due to advertising?
I put up with non intrusive advertising. Spam or horrible video ads that cover half the webpage is different. And it often brings new products or services to my attention.
I don't mind putting up with a few unskippable short ads on YT. But I hate multiple unskippable ads on every video.
People always complain about ads, but there have been many memorable ones.
I don't see a solution. People saying they hate all advertising. What do you expect to happen? To be able to opt out of encountering any kind of advertising at all ever? How can you guarantee that you will never purchase a product or register interest due to advertising?
I put up with non intrusive advertising. Spam or horrible video ads that cover half the webpage is different. And it often brings new products or services to my attention.
I don't mind putting up with a few unskippable short ads on YT. But I hate multiple unskippable ads on every video.
People always complain about ads, but there have been many memorable ones.
Ads are just fundamentally incompatible with personal livestreaming. Always have been and always will be. Not being able to see or hear what is going on in a game for even a few seconds completely ruins the experience, but Twitch especially likes to interrupt climactic moments like boss fights or discussions with the streamer with sudden ads.
"but what about this ad?"No idea if this was intentional but damn if it isnt funny
No idea if this was intentional but damn if it isnt funnynice.