I just got 10 pre roll ads and then one of the new banner ads that pops up at the bottom of the stream and temporarily reduces the size of the stream being displayed. These display ads were added so we would see less of the very intrusive video ad spam but you just slapped them on top of the excessive video ads and have not reduced the number of video ads in the slightest. In fact I'm actually seeing more video ads than ever before. VODs nowadays are RIDDLED with ads as well. It's beyond ridiculous at this point. Find another way to make this website profitable because injecting extreme amounts of ads is not the answer. I used to spend 8 to 12 hours on this site per day but that has been significantly reduced lately because of the staggering amount of ads. Streaming is very oversaturated nowadays so finding new streams to watch is already really difficult. Having to sit through 3 to 5 mins of ads for every stream you click on is beyond intrusive and greedy. At the very least pre roll ads should have a cooldown of sorts, if you have watched a set of pre-roll ads then you shouldn't have to see more pre-rolls for "x" amount of minutes. That way you can actually browse for streams to watch.

Yes but i would like to be able to select only this option in ad manager. So right now you can only pick intro ads so when people come into your stream or ads during your stream. If twitch makes a option to turn all other ads off including the intro and during ads BUT allow ads under your stream that are less disruptive and make you still audible/watchable i would turn ads back on. Right now i have everything turned off as much as possible because i hate having ads distroying the stream experience.

Is it possible to not have ads run for 10 minutes when a channel is raided? I hate missing the streamer's welcome message :(

I've lost track of how many channels I have simply closed because I couldn't face another advert.

If the intention is to increase revenue it's failing miserably. It's especially annoying to raid a new channel and completely miss the welcome and surprise of meeting a new streamer because of adverts. By the time the adverts have cleared the streamer has finished introducing themselves and explaining what sort of content to expect.

I had 4 ads in a row 10 seconds of stream then 4 30 second ads in a row again when I just clicked on the streamer and something very important was going on. Most annoying experience of my life

im fing sick and tired of getting 5+ ads for people i am subbed to,enough is enough

3 out of 4 ads poped up if there is something important at the stream

@dowski - Can we get an option to ONLY get these Stream Display Ads that pop under the stream? I'd run ads a lot more if I could guarantee that it would ONLY be this kind of ad

So in August of last year, Twitch Admin says they are working on something else. Yet, I'm still dealing with full screen ads. I will NOT purchase from any of these advertisers and it makes me not want to sub to channels. What's the benefit to me to sub? Nothing.

They haven't done jack but increase the number and frequency of ads. They do not care one iota about you, your feelings, or anything else. But making more money.

Wel Twitch make more monet with adds then a streamer FAQ
Second I am trun this Nonsens add Offline, and Twitch update mark back online. also subscribers become ads FAQ I am Turn again complet offline.

I amhate ads on tv radio youtuber ect and Twitch push again ******* ads.
Not 1 add but 5 last time 10 ads in a row. Twitch Forcce viewers to pay subscribe and abuse them whit ******* ads every 15 min / 30 min. Tey walk away when all veiwers must pay subscribe on channel tey like to follow you need te have a income ash ELon Musk . Well Streamers Turn you add offline . that small amount money is peanuts what you become.

I would even accept it if the stream was made a small window in the ad, if that helps -- but yeah, nobody is here to watch ads. They're here for one purpose, and one purpose only, and disruptive ads just get in the way of the experience... and frankly, are shown so often that they just annoy me and make me a whole lot less likely to want to buy the product being advertised.

If I could make a suggestion, use a VAD (Voice Activity Detector) on the stream to determine if the stream is conversation or background noise, and then automatically run the full screen video ads when the stream has been silent for 15 seconds, or use the banner ads if there is audio playing and try detecting again in 5 minutes.

But more to the point having Twitch supporting more than one audio track can enhance this by having the streamer designate a track as "voice activity", that can double as a "music mute" switch.

they say its a test but clearly its enough. just make it stop

for me as a music streamer, I'd be ok with ads that take my video part away (that small window to my stream is nice), but stopping the sound part is a problem. for me you could have ads constantly on my stream as a banner for example, if it was a good option for advertizer. Just need to have some options to choose which suits your stream the best.

Alright, so I have continued today to see more under-the-stream banner ads despite being subbed. I'm sure the mild sociopaths over at twitch/Amazon think they are "less invasive" but I would presume their UX team probably doesn't like them too much since they completely resize the stream. I am now beginning the process of removing all my subscriptions and converting them to either patreon or personal donation sites. I will also be ending my twitch/amazon prime.

Obviously you guys (or Amazon) don't care (or you would have been able to correct this "mistake" a long time ago), but for what its worth I am hoping others do the same.

It was a simple ask: I pay a sub and/or prime, and I don't get ads. There was no room for a lack of clarity or a misunderstanding. Do better for the people who are still wanting to sub. In the mean time I'm going to stop you guys taking my money from me.

@dowski I am currently getting these ads even though I am subscribed (which shrink away once I move my mouse -- very cool and not at all infuriating experience).

I'll assume this is a bug, as I have also gotten regular ads at times, crazy how Twitch managed to fudge that up golly gee darn. If it is intended behavior this will be the straw that causes me to abandon subscriptions and instead watch vods on youtube.

Imagine if you were watching tv and you switched to the channel your show was on, lets say 9:00PM, and right when it started *bam* 2 minute ad. Now try to Imagine how many people would not only just change the channel, but not bother to change it back... Now lets add to this idea and say this was live tv...

I'm no business major, but even I with my novice abilities can see how f'n stupid that is.

I don't know what idiots (being extremely nice with this description) twitch is paying that are pushing this and think this is a great idea, but all of them should be fired immediately.

The incompetence is astounding. Even the link provided by the admin saying 'here's an update', is just an empty link to twitter, instead of the link to the forums with the actual information... which interestingly enough doesn't have preroll mentioned in the FAQ... pardon me while I laugh sarcastically.

Let me guess, their wonderful experiments are the reason I'm getting the purple screen of doom again.

Get real Twitch, I will use the site less to avoid this.

Ads are sucks for small countries ash The netherlands and belgium.
with viewers between 0 - 30 , ads walk viewers away big FAQ
Twitch morroons will more dollars.
Bits, subs, is not enotch for twitch moroons will more and more and more.

subs 50% twitch 50% Creator
Bits it same.
And now tey spam full ads , and pre ads. Twitch is more ad platform then stream platform