As the title says, I'd like the ability to be able to determine when I watch ads myself and bank 'ad-free watch time'. If you feel like the stream is a little on the slow side of things, you can decide to watch an ad instead so you won't miss that one epic moment that you're waiting for. Preferably add the options for '30 seconds' '1 minute' and '3 minutes' of ads.

Would also say this shouldn't exclude you from the streamer's own ad break. If the streamer does an ad break themselves, it'd be nice if those ads counted towards the ad free watch time I mentioned before.

Quite some people I know would definitely make use of it when they have to take a quick afk, or when they definitely don't want to miss out on something that might be upcoming.

Ofcourse this isn't some kind of replacement for any of the systems in place, but rather an addition that could make it a better viewing experience for people.

Every time I request not to see a specific ad because it is either offensive/inappropriate, or is not in line with my interests, it's like the report just goes into a black hole.

I keep getting the same ads over and over again even after I have submitted a playback issue report.

The feature just seems to be there to make you feel like you're doing something, when in actuality it's being ignored, and Twitch (or maybe Amazon) is the ultimate arbiter in what ad you get to watch.

Please have this feature function properly, so people who wish to see ads can cater their experience to their liking & trim out ads that don't sit well w/ that individual.

If you guys are going to completely FORCE ads down our throats, you need to do one of three things:
1) By far the easiest solution - Make Ads Skippable after X seconds.
2) Make ads something that pops up as a Picture in Picture in the corner or something when a stream is running. I honestly like this one the best because I honestly wouldn't have an issue checking out whatever is being advertisted as well as (and I cant stress this enough) NOT MISSING STREAM CONTENT because someone wants to run 7-10 15-30 second ads in a row. That's beyond insane.
3) Make Prime Subs ad free.

Ads are ENTIRELY too intrusive now and I've found a workaround for Ads now, fortunately, but this needs to be fixed. I don't mind ads if they support the streamer but NOT at the expense of my viewing experience. Joining a stream to check out what's happening and then being forced to wait 30 seconds to actually see something is by far one of the worst things about the ad viewing experience. STOP.

Currently I am experiencing adverts quite frequently on streams even if I am subbed to streamers. Please can this be resolved as it is frustrating. I am even using an ad blocker because of how often adverts are on streams.

Here's some suggestions on how to improve this.

1. Please make subbing an actual perk by giving us ad free viewing. Some streamers may have this but some of us aren't so lucky.

2. Have an option to skip adverts. Youtube does this already so why can't this happen on Twitch. Having to waste around 2 minutes per ad viewing with each advert being 30 seconds long is irritating.

3. Just have no adverts at all. NO ONE likes adverts. They're annoying and puts people off watching streams. The fact that I have to have adverts even to an absolute minimum on my streams is frustrating.

*not sure the right category, so posting it here, this is a link between ads and tags

Often creators do sponsored streams, perhaps its content from the twitch bounty board, or casino, slots, sponsored stream, a creator codes, etc.

If we had the option to TRIGGER an automatic overlay by using an AD tag or check a box on our creator dashboard before going live if part of our content is sponsored.

When we have AD breaks on our stream we get a prompt saying "Catch username right now after this ad break; stick around to support the stream!"

If we had a similar message like this done by you- "Segments of this stream are sponsored not by 3rd parties not endorsed by Twitch" #ad sponsored content.

I think this would help protect twitch and streamers down the line as regulations change.

Give mods and streamer ability to give specific users an ad break.

Limit it only to three times before real ban.

Reasoning:
sometimes users will say dumb stuff in chat and/or something offensive instead of banning (which just causes user to make a new account or wait etc) make them watch an ad. Can be a minor punishment. And also can be a reward to spend channel points on. Give another user an ad break could be fun.

However this will make channels toxic in some cases so maybe have it as a feature toggle that a streamer can enable on their channel at will. Also could result in worse chats if they think they can get away with something. Probably better to make an a/b testing for streamers to try out and see if community is less or more toxic.