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.

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 !!

1) Prime users should not have to watch pre-roll ads. Period. When a streamer decides to show ads, those should be shown since that generates revenue for the streamer.

2) A lower-priced turbo where it shows streamer ads, but not pre-roll. Or add an option to Turbo where I have the option to view streamer generated ads (settings per channel, not overall for Twitch).

3) Add an option for subscribed channels where I can decide if I want to watch streamer generated ads (settings per channel, not overall for Twitch).

If I am paying extra money for a service, I should be given more choice for that service. I hate, hate, hate pre-roll ads. But if I pay for Turbo, I ***** a streamer out of ad revenue because I don't see any ads ever. If I subscribe to a channel, I should have a choice if I want to have ads to support that streamer or not.