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I was just looking into how hard it would be to build a Twitch clone, given that Twitch is declaring war on it's viewers by forcing unblockable pre-roll ads. M
by wayneftw 6y ago
I was just looking into how hard it would be to build a Twitch clone, given that Twitch is declaring war on it's viewers by forcing unblockable pre-roll ads.
Many people including me have just stopped watching Twitch because of the new ads, but I'd love to help build a movement towards a no-advertising-ever streaming site.
If we can bring the cost of streaming the video content down I think it's doable.
- tyrust 6y agoDoes the typical ratio of ad-support to subscriber-support work out in such a way that an ad-free Twitch would be economically feasible for both the site and the streamers? That's putting aside the huge community inertia that Twitch has. Neither Microsoft nor Google nor Facebook have neen able to make headway with their game streaming services.
- Anil1331 6y agoThe technology to build a live streaming platform is not the major thing here. It would be difficult to move all the streamers accustomed to streaming on Twitch to a completely new platform just for the sake of ads.
- radicalriddler 6y agoRight? Hey creators, because Twitch is forcing viewers to watch ads that give you money, move over to this other platform! You could suggest that by removing ads, they'll get more of other revenue streams, but that doesn't seem to be the case with Twitch, people chuck money at streamers anyway. So there is no real incentive for creators to move, or even be worried about these changes by Twitch.
- tylerchilds 6y agoPeertube is working on live streaming this year. They just hit their funding goal.