Current Events > Twitch has the worst ad system Ive ever seen

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You're in the middle of a LIVESTREAM? How bout we toss literally 8 30-60 second ads at you in a row

I hear that, cant even edge to the hot tub shit with all those adds

They only have to happen once an hour, I believe. If they happen more than that, it's the streamer choosing to run them.

Which means if you're watching stuff like hot tub streams, then they are absolutely running the ads as much as they possibly can.

Most of the streamers I watch only run them once an hour, and they warn you when they're gonna do it, since they do it to avoid pre-rolls (ads that happen as soon as you open the stream) from occurring.

block the ads

Full screen ad or just a rolling banner or corner of the screen?
Imagine being worse than Fandom.

Ricemills posted...

Full screen ad or just a rolling banner or corner of the screen?
Imagine being worse than Fandom.

The ads tend to replace the main video, and minimize the actual streamer video to a smaller box in the corner until the ad is over. Like said, though, they only HAVE to run once an hour, so it's not Twitch itself, but the streamer, if they run more than that. Granted, I watch like, speedrunners, and not any of those hot tub streams, or "just chatting," or whatever, so I only see the ads once an hour, and the streamer usually says "Alright, I'm gonna run ads to turn pre-rolls off, so I'll be taking a short break while they run."

StealThisSheen posted...

The ads tend to replace the main video, and minimize the actual streamer video to a smaller box in the corner until the ad is over.

Lol wtf.
It swapped what it should've been

Yeah, I'm just pretty used to it. Like said, the people I watch typically only run ads once an hour because they have to in order to keep pre-rolls off, so I just... Change tabs and do something else for the like, three minutes while the ads run, since I know I'm not actually missing anything.

I can see it being a pain if you're watching Twitch for like, the hot tub/"just chatting" streams or whatever, though, since those types of streamers run ads like every 10 minutes.

Like, let's be honest. If you're watching Amouranth or Pokimane or whoever, you likely see more ads than you do them, and that's their choice, since it forces you to sub to avoid it.