For me, the whole thing about the Ads Manager is being a fallback mechanism to ensure the preroll ads don't get turned on. As it is right now... it simply does not do that.

There's no fix for snoozing (not directly), but running a manual ad should not count against an ad that's scheduled after pre protection expires.

Really, though, the correct fix is to give us a programmable interface. My bot should be able to read the current settings, and modify it to whatever's necessary...

a. I want to know when the next ad is scheduled.
b. I want to know when pre-rolls start up again.
c. I want to modify the ad schedule.
    i. If preroll protection expires in 45 minutes, I want to ensure an ad is scheduled before then.

Hi,

I've been watching Twitch for over 10 years and I must say over the past few months I've considered moving away from the platform with the implementation of the new ads system.

Users are now forced to watch ads for several minutes every 15 minutes or so and missing out on live content that can't be watched over unless you want to miss out on the next few minutes of content by going back and reviewing the VOD. I truly think this is a poor system and needs to be reviewed.

Whenever this subject is brought up in a channel, all viewers and the creators always agree that there needs to be some changes made and soon or the platform might risk serious repercussions.

I know there's always the option of subscribing with Twitch Turbo but this is simply not the answer and most of the audience agree and again, I've heard several of the biggest streamers saying the same multiple times.

I truly enjoyed the thousands of hours I've spent watching some of my favorite creators over the years and I'm looking forward to the thousands more to come, please don't let this all go to waste.

Sincerely,

Eric

I'm a small streamer, there's so many out there like me, and I do speedruns. People can miss things during the runs, ask me things then miss replies or leave during a pre-roll. I had them turned off but now it's forced on people because of Amazons profit-first approach. You're turning people away and, frankly, ruining something I enjoy doing. And I know I'm not the only one who feels that way. Small streamers earn almost nothing, we put content out there that you make money from, but are most at risk of losing the few viewers they have. Just stop it, please.

Every streamer on twitch who isnt a Partner with the new revenue share, is complaining about the increase in ads lately. All of our conversations get interrupted.
If we run ads the prerolls stop for a bit but then the viewer gets a 6 part preroll ad after the cooldown. This is pushing people off twitch because no one can subscribe to everyones channel. On top of that we are losing some of our sub revenue right? In exchange for maybe 5 bucks of ads a month?

Why cant we have ads that dont interfere with the entire screen or audio? Id rather even more so ads that pop up on the screen, are off to the side or even a banner rather than these video ads.

Please fix this Twitch! 🙏

The interrupting full-screen ads HAVE to stop. When playing JackBox Games for example, your screen is literally gone and it ruins the game. The screen doesn't always minimize and go to the top right, so you literally have no stream to see. Thirty seconds is a lot during JackBox to not see the main screen (and this is just the JackBox Games example of the experience being ruined - there is no point in going to new streamers because ads play on my favorite ones already). This is completely ruining the experience on Twitch. I understand ads need to play, but there have to be other ways than literally making your stream disappear. This CANNOT CONTINUE. We all get ragingly upset when this happens. PLEASE. STOP. THE. FULL. ON. SCREEN. INTERRUPTING. ADS.

The Situation: Advertisements are inevitable. Revenue needs to be generated and if the consumer isn't paying out of their own pocket then someone else must. So advertisers pay money for the potential to attract customers. Stream display ads do not demand the viewers attention so they will never generate the same revenue for advertisers, meaning either more volume or that they will be combined with the ads we already hate.The Feature: Allow the viewer to choose what type of advertisements they receive, with parameters such as whether it is a followed stream, new(to the viewer) stream, and/or a specific game.

The Premise: Prerolls are the most annoyingadvertisement. If the viewer browsing for something to watch, and they're forced to view an ad before they can even view the streamer, they're immediately annoyed and they want to leave. Sometimes they leave seconds after they see the ad and sometimes they leave a minute after realizing they don't like the streamer. The viewer wasted their time with no reward and they might need to do it several times before they find a stream they like. Infuriating. Midrolls have their own issues. Midrolls benefit the streamer because new potential viewers aren't immediately turned off by an ad. The viewer that flicks through streams also saves minutes of time and annoyance. However, if the streamer isn't vigilant sometimes midrolls cover up key events during the game. Missing the peak of a game is arguably more infuriating than prerolls. Some streams show both types of ads, and that's their choice, nothing to do about it but be annoyed.

The Reasoning: New viewers prefer midrolls(given they need to choose one). Some dedicated viewers prefer prerolls, if it means they can watch their seven hour stream without another interruption. If the streamer chooses their ad types at least one demographic is left upset. So give the power to the viewer.

As a side note SDAs are a slippery slope. They aren't enough to sustain twitch alone and (right now) the viewer only has to succumb to prerolls or midrolls. SDAs will be combined with midrolls, OR there will end up being 4-5 shown at once.
Thank you for reading. Sorry for length. Please vote.

I'm sure everyone is aware of the ads that randomly pop up everytime when your streamer is saying something important or whenever something crazy happens. I have 2 ideas to fix this: #1 you would get a 10 second window before an the ad block would appear and in the 10 second window you could choose to postpone the ads by let's say 1 minute. #2 the stream could pause for the entire duration of the ad block and then would resume after the ads where it left off with a button at the bottom of the stream that would make you be able to jump back into live stream. What do you guys think?