One of my greatest concerns about Twitch is how improvements to accessibility have slowed down and new accessible features are not shared across the platform. The mobile user interface has vastly different accessibility options than browser user interface which are different from accessibility options in desktop app.

I want more accessibility on twitch, but I know development costs are not free. Is just... if its expensive... why then are people with visual disabilities singled out in being able to only support streamers and twitch with subscriptions or bits?

I have long felt like one low-hanging fruit solution would be take the current twitch ads and make audio only versions of them. Or even do something similar to NPR: https://www.nationalpublicmedia.com/sponsorship/radio-sponsorship/

So just like Facebook and WeChat allow a preview of games and ads that involve interactivity, perhaps Twitch can include support for playable ads in pre-roll ads or in-stream ad breaks.

Here is an example of what I am talking about provided by Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/business/m/one-sheeters/playable-ads

I have listed down all the benefits of including playable ads in Twitch on this shared Google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T2iNVrNcf8Dz8l09f0eiIEt0dMMLb9ggaiU-OqIOP7M/edit#

I am working on a project with a non-profit but we chose NOT to put our marketing on Twitch because they don't offer playable ads (unless they do and you can let me know) which previews a game and puts an interactivity component into their ads. Playable ads have been vastly successful in terms of audience reach, conversion rate and engagement not only for games, but also for brand remembrance and for other non-game products. Here is an example of McDonalds having their ad in a playable ad format: https://cdn-factory.marketjs.com/en/mcdonalds-playable-ad/index.html.

I thought I would create a new feature request for this reason. Let me know if you do support playable ads, in which case we would love to partner up.

Currently, when some streamers play ads, their streams will still play in a little box at the top while ads play in the main video player. The problem comes when -- let's say something critical happens on stream, or chatter asks question you'd really like to know the answer to. You can't cash in on the information because the streamer's stream is either muted or gone during ads.

Yeah you can always go back and review the vods (unless streamer has them disabled) but that defeats the feeling you'd get out of experiencing whatever happened in the moment.

I don't mind ads that much but what if it were possible to have streamer audio playing at the same time as ads? Or be able to control the volume of ads vs. stream?

We know ads suck but it's what allows free content..so the problem is that it's always the wrong time for ads, Especially when its down to the end of the game and we miss the Fing last battle because some ad pops up. How about a button that you can click when your streamer is in cue or going to the bathroom etc, and it runs the ads? yes it will still run ads as normal, however, if you are due for and ad to run in the next ten minutes, by clicking the ad button, it will skip the next ad because you already ran it? understand? Now do something !!

It's been well over a year now since Bits were introduced to Twitch, and the ability to watch ads for Bits has only been available for US viewers only. I think it's about time the rest of the world can have this feature. Twitch is never short on ads, I always see an ad play everytime my favourite streamers go live. Ads for films, sports, video games, clothes, beverages, cars, the list goes on, and with Amazon being the proud parent of Twitch, having thousands of partnered companies, I find it hard to believe that they're unable to find partnering companies to create interactive ads for this feature. Especially considering that half of the products available in the US is also in UK and Europe (such as Coca Cola and Nissan) so reusing ads is always possible. I can't see why the east countries can't watch ads for Bits, and I think it's about time we get to help support our favourite streamers financially, without having to worry about spending money we might not have access to.