Skip to content
Translate Ideas and Comments
Choose language:
There was an error during translation

Settings and activity

1 result found

  1. 14 votes

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)

    We’ll send you updates on this idea

    How important is this to you?

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback

    Signed in as (Sign out)
    An error occurred while saving the comment
    mike9k1 commented  · 

    Seconded! Twitch is increasingly phasing out SD streaming altogether, which is a major concern for most users in the US who have an ISP that meters their bandwidth at 1TB per month or less (ATT, Cox, Comcast, Spectrum (not yet but soon when the 2016 Time Warner Cable merger agreement expires)). That means you can watch less than 72 hours of streams per month if we are forced to stream @ 1080p60. Not that much more @ 720p. It's really pathetic that Amazon/Google/etc are actively punishing regular users for having an ISP that skrews them over. We're getting skewered from both ends!! Almost like the software companies and ISPs partnered up in some implicit agreement....

    I used to watch Twitch on a sub-0.5Mb DSL connection (Earthlink FTL)...it was a rough time since anything Google produces (Chrome & Chromecast) will try to force the highest quality ALL THE TIME. Firefox doesn't fair much better anymore...

    The Roku Twitch app exhibits the same behavior, forcing the highest quality until it lags out and crashes the stream -- so now I can't watch Twitch AT ALL on my Roku. In fact, if I put it behind a router that will shape the bandwidth to "convince" it to stream in lower quality, it will fail almost immediately: the functionality isn't there, and almost seems to be *purposefully* removed.

    Remember when we had that nice "Unofficial Twitch" app on Roku, that actually had BETTER functionality, MORE features, and was FASTER!? Oh, not to mention, THE ABILITY TO SELECT STREAM QUALITY. Pretty darn sad that fan-made software back in 2015 is still superior to the official app today! Thanks for urinating all over that, Amazon!! Now that app just points to your piece of trash because you sent them a Cease and Desist. Real classy.

    mike9k1 supported this idea  ·