Words like “esports” and “streaming” can trigger really lively discussions. Reason? A lot of people still don’t understand that “clicking a computer” can be a sport too, and “watching someone play computer games” can be as interesting as watching a soccer match on TV. However, how many opponents, so many supporters. No wonder that there were and are many streaming platforms on the web that make it possible to broadcast the image from the game to a wider audience. One of the oldest and most popular sites of this type is certainly Twitch.tv, which was launched in 2011. However, it seems that the platform has decided to start a fight with users of ad-blocking plug-ins.

Of course, as you can easily guess, fighting ad blockers is like fighting windmills – there are already solutions to this “problem” on the network.

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Over the past few days, more reports from people who have problems with the Twitch.tv streaming platform have been appearing on the web. They are presented from the viewer’s, not the streamer’s perspective. The first signals appeared on Reddit , but other people’s voices are gradually pouring out on forums, Facebook or platforms such as 9GAG. What is it? the machine is lowered to 480 p, instead of the standard 720 p or 1080 p. Moreover, the option in the menu to manually change the image to a higher resolution disappears. the picture looks much worse.

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Surprisingly, the fight against ad-blockers seems to be very selective. A lot of Twitch.tv users don’t have this problem. While checking the topic, I was limited only on one of the three computers. Of course, as you can guess, fighting ad blockers is like fighting windmills – there are already solutions to this “problem” online. From such demanding work of the user in the form of installing an additional browser plug (unfortunately, the script for uBlock Origin is not enough), to very simple – just use external sites that mediate image transfer from Twitch, such as multitwitch.tv or multistre.am. Finally, the question is whether what Twitch.tv is doing makes sense? Well, everyone has to answer it for himself. Neither extreme is good – neither the excess of advertising, nor the blocking of everything on the websites whose content we regularly use. In my opinion, however, the path taken by the streaming platform will not ensure their success.

Source: Reddit