So... what is even the point of Twitch prime at this point?
I'd be angrier, but you literally can't subscribe to Twitch Prime anymore without being a Amazon Prime member, so it's not like I'm wasting my money here, but for the most part, it's going to be "hey, once or twice a year I'll get something free in a game I play".
That's just dumb as hell. I mainly watch Twitch on my mobile devices (mostly my tablet) so for convenience I've been using the app. Guess I gotta switch to browser + adblock then. Honestly I'd rather get less games or whatever than having this feature removed. Fuck paying for a subscription when it includes advertisment.
firefox on mobile has addon supportThat's awful. I use mobile and on the PS4 a lot so no uBlock Origin in these cases....
I hope people just start thinking of moving to mixer.
so as long as your subbed, there will be no ads? is that what I'm reading, too?
Twitch Turbo is $8.99 a month to cease ads on Twitch and get some features I don't care about.
What Twitch Turbo should really have is its own member-only chat in massive-view streams so I don't have to deal with terrible, spammy, racist plebeian Twitch chat (like the Overwatch All Access perk). Even with that, $9/month is asking a lot. That's money that could be spent on Hulu or something else with objectively more streaming value.
Those large streams are typically run by companies that don't want subs. Riot, Blizzard, etc. want you to spend money on their games, not buy a subscription to their streams (which they would have to share). Linking chat moderation to subscriptions in the first place was a blatant cash grab that is a large part of why twitch chat is the cesspool it is today.
On topic, people will just go back to ad blocking, and they know it. They are just taking money out of the pocket of the streamers.
You can still get your preorder discount if you order in the next few days.
What's that you want Spider-Man for PS4. Sorry no can do.
Red Dead Redemption 2? Nope, we don't have that either.
Valkyria Chronicles 4...ah ok we'll let you order that one.
I dunno, I'm kinda okay with it... Thought the other day it was weird how my Twitch Prime sub benefits only one streamer, but other people I frequent don't get any benefits from me taking Twitch Prime. I don't watch too many people, and those that I do watch have been extremely reasonable with ads, I'll happily watch them if it directly benefits them. But I hope they got rid of those stupid long ads, some had a duration of up to 30 minutes (though I can skip them, but who benefits that?)
That's exactly what I'm going to do.So I guess any streamer I follow that runs adds gets unfollowed. Sucks but dems da breaks for working with a shit company.
Thanks for the explanation... Yeah this seems super shitty.Until now, streamers would get paid for any ads that they rolled with a prime subscriber watching, even though the subscriber wouldn't see it. Now they don't. Amazon has taken away a key benefit of your subscription and given nothing in return. Streamers will make less money, because a significant number of their ads will be blocked, and they no longer have any protection from that.
This is bad for everyone except Amazon, and honestly I think it may end up being a very bad decision on their part as well over the long term.
Until now, streamers would get paid for any ads that they rolled with a prime subscriber watching, even though the subscriber wouldn't see it. Now they don't. Amazon has taken away a key benefit of your subscription and given nothing in return. Streamers will make less money, because a significant number of their ads will be blocked, and they no longer have any protection from that.
This is bad for everyone except Amazon, and honestly I think it may end up being a very bad decision on their part as well over the long term.
It was I believe. It looks like they are bringing it out for another revenue stream because Bezos is hurting for cash.Turbo still exists? I thought it had been rolled INTO Prime when it launched.
A lot of my viewing is on mobile devices, and smart tv.No more ad free you say? You're wrong. Because I have U-Block Origin and you're off the whitelist.