Just because you have a low paying job doesn't mean you are a loser . Life isn't fair , not everyone has had time nor the opportunity to study .

Not everyone wants to open a business nor become rich by working long hours . Some people just want to get by living without mansions , sport cars and overpriced holidays .

Whilst I am fully aware of semi-recent changes Twitch has implemented with their ads, this is getting ridiculous.

I've noticed that over the past 1-2 weeks, the frequency of ads has significantly increased in the middle of streams; including ad breaks that the streamer does NOT actively start themselves. Not only that, but the number and length of these ads are getting ridiculous, averaging about 30-60 seconds each time, sometimes occurring at critical moments in streams (link to an example of this happening a while ago on Soda's stream provided below).

Every time I've entered a new stream, there's a ~75% chance that I get a 30 second pre-roll; this HEAVILY disincentivises finding new streamers to check out, and is directly counteractive to site-wide growth. Ad-blockers are also becoming less effective, and many of the blocking methods that worked only a few months ago are no longer successful.

The obvious 'solution' to this issue is "just sub if you don't want to watch ads 4Head", but many streamers actively state that merely watching their stream and participating in chat is enough support; surely they should get the final decision on whether or not they want ads running. Not to mention, some people prefer donating rather than subscribing; this obviously doesn't remove ads for them either.

I'm curious if anyone else has experienced similar changes recently, and seek potential remedies to the situation.

Cheers.

Relevant links to previous ad-related posts: https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/kh1esv/twitch_is_rolling_out_still_images_that_replace/

https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/l8644s/founding_twitch_team_member_explains_how_twitch/

https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/k2yww6/how_twitch_ads_ruin_content/