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alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish ·
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Twitch forces users to watch ads they can't click away from

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Twitch forces users to watch ads they can't click away from

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alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish ·
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Twitch is testing a new way to experience ads when you pause a stream. But viewers aren't happy about the change.

Alternarives:

https://www.smashcast.tv/

https://nimo.tv/

https://dlive.tv/

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  • Frank@lemmy.ca
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    Host your own OwnCast (https://owncast.online/). It uses ActivityPub and is part of the Fediverse.

    Here’s mine: https://live.fraxoweb.com/

    • 𝕲𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍🔻𝕯𝖃 (he/him)@lemmy.world
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      this looks very interesting, I feel like I should check this out as sn occasional streamer with no fanbase

      • Frank@lemmy.ca
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        Yeah, I love OwnCast, it’s actually so much simpler than Twitch, and it has no ads.

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    Basically stopped watching twitch bwcause of the stupid fucking unskippable ads… and I’m glad i did, I’m never going back, fuck them and their bs ads. Much more free time :)

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    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-page-visibility/

    same for chrome based browsers. an API that should never have existed in the first place.

  • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today
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    Solution: stop using Twitch.

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      The best life hacks are always in the comments

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    I must be lucky, I’ve not seen any ads on twitch.

    Also, I don’t use twitch.

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    That’s gonna take a whopping 10 lines of userscript to defeat, hell I already had to use one to stop them from dropping the video quality when unfocused (so I could watch streams in PiP properly)

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    Lmao fuck twitch

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    Avoid minimizing or muting Twitch for a better experience.

    Avoid enshittifying Twitch for a better experience.

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    gets arrested for using ad-blocking technologies

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    I stopped going to the theater because I had to pay to watch commercials and advertisements.

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      I stopped because morons can’t stay off their phones for 5 bloody minutes.

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    We’re getting closer and closer to this:

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      Holy fuck it’s real

    • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.world
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      rofl why does the patent have the viewer stand up and cheer it

      • lobut@lemmy.ca
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        to show those people with difficulties standing who the real bosses are

        • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.world
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          This voice feature is ableist against… paraplegics!

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    Does watching Twitch through GrayJay get around this?

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    Drink verification can.

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    That’s a full boycott from me, dawg.

    Not even once. I’m good watching recycled twitch clips wherever they crop up. Fuck your business model with a pitchfork.

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    IT equivalent to ‘Eyelids glued open’

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