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alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day ago

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 · 1 day ago
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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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  • Randelung@lemmy.world
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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.

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

    Also, I don’t use twitch.

  • 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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    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)

    • onehundredsixtynine@sh.itjust.works
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      What’s the user script? I’m not familiar with Twitch and currently too lazy to dig into all of it.

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        I use this one:
        https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/383093-twitch-disable-automatic-video-downscale

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    ublock origin/twitch ad solutions on desktop, xtra or twire on mobile (for android, at least). either solution blocks ads for good.

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    Avoid minimizing or muting Twitch for a better experience.

    Avoid enshittifying Twitch for a better experience.

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    We’re getting closer and closer to this:

    • rami@ani.social
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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

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
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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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    I guess I’ll continue never using twitch.

    • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      I too shall continue my boycott that begin in 1981

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    Yeah a website should not be able to tell where I am looking at or if my audio is muted or not.

    But Bezos needs more money right, because he doesn’t have enough yet.

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      Blame the browsers for creating the APIs.

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        You mean Google.

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          No, I mean they all decide to adopt this shit.

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        These tools can be used for good applications though. Why punish good developers when bad actors are the problem?

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          There is no valid need for this API.

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            This API can be used to suggest users take breaks if they’ve been using a site for a long time.

            The exact same API exists in desktop environments; it’s just part of the progressive OS-ification of the web.

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      yah but the problem is that other streaming platforms exist, and a fair few streamers multi stream so…

      jeff might not have thought this through.

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    Well, so much for considering a return to twitch as an entertainment option

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      I’ve tried nothing, and I’m all out of ideas!

      Laughs in adblocker

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        Twitch keeps dodging ublock origin

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          Adblock is more than ublock

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            What have you found that works on twitch?

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              personally i’ve had few issues with Twitch Alternative Viewer

              https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/twitch_5/

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              Streamlink

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    gets arrested for using ad-blocking technologies

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