Bits should just be Twitch credits, each bit used in a cheer gives 1¢ to the streamer. By that logic one bit could just be considered a Twitch monetary unit equivalent to 1 US cent. A subscription could cost 500 bits, or 5 USD a month. You can purchase them from amazon for an exchange rate of $1.40 for 100 bits or $1.00. You can also watch adds to earn bits, like now. Make it a little work to get bits by watching ads, but you then can get revenue from extra ad money that they generate. It may not reach perfect cost, but even if it were 50% of what you would normally get from a subscription there would be more people subscribing. At worst you are making more money than you are now by just having more people sending less money. So you get $5 from the majority of people subbing normally, and then say $3 for people who would like to sub but cannot afford to subscribe due to their financial situation.
Bits should just be Twitch credits, each bit used in a cheer gives 1¢ to the streamer. By that logic one bit could just be considered a Twitch monetary unit equivalent to 1 US cent. A subscription could cost 500 bits, or 5 USD a month. You can purchase them from amazon for an exchange rate of $1.40 for 100 bits or $1.00. You can also watch adds to earn bits, like now. Make it a little work to get bits by watching ads, but you then can get revenue from extra ad money that they generate. It may not reach perfect cost, but even if it were 50% of what you would normally get from a subscription there would be more people subscribing. At worst you are making more money than you are now by just having more people sending less money. So you get $5 from the majority of people subbing normally, and then say $3 for people who would like to sub but cannot afford to subscribe due to their financial situation.