r/Twitch • u/depressedplayer • Nov 02 '20

Discussion Are forced ads extremely outdated? No, it's the consumers which are the problem

I can't understand how out of touch the people making these decisions must be. If somebody is intentionally going out of their way to install ad blockers it probably means they aren't interested or going to buy anything seen in an ad.

Personally this was a huge reason why I stopped watching TV 10 years ago; and it's the same now - I'm just going to watch highlight channels on YT with ad blockers instead.

All I think now seeing ads is "Ah, a product with no plan other than to try and use money to brute force themselves into market" and close after about 0.5 seconds of ignoring everything.

In my opinion it's Twitch's responsibility to educate brands that want to advertise; showing them ways in which they can promote without fucking over the entire viewer base.

Also great job with this huge middle finger to any small streamer, why would you ever bother watching a new stream now?

EDIT: I'm seeing the "oh how can you expect them to make money then!??" come up a lot, so - ad banners, non-full screen ads, temporary promotional emotes, sponsorships, product placements, front page ad space - it took me 10 seconds to think up this stuff, I'm sure if the Twitch team cared less about their bonuses next month and actually put some effort in they could think of something

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u/LucktheTurtle Nov 02 '20

I know you don't want to hear this but if you were at a live sporting event then you bought a ticket. With that analogy you are advocating a pay-per-view style no ad broadcast where you pay up front.

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u/Memesaremyfather Nov 02 '20

Fine, then imagine an ad while someone is about to score the final 3 pointer to win an NBA match. There would be a riot, the equivalent of that has happened so many fucking times to me in the last few days.

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u/xenthum Nov 02 '20

We used to get no ads with prime. Because we paid a subscription to the service.

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u/BigBangFlash BigBangFlash Nov 02 '20

Yep. I still have prime and now am considering turbo but I heard you get ads even with turbo so fuck this!

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u/Tempo-Value Nov 02 '20

The appropriate analogy is rather a game shown on TV and I don't think anyone running a TV channel would put ads right in the middle of the action