Twitch changed the rules for how streamers could do sponsored content. Banned any kind of baked in audio or video ads, banner ads, etc. Also didn’t allow any branding (of the streamer or a sponsor) to cover more than 3% of the screen space meaning that streamers couldn’t have a logo with their name or other socials on the stream.
These changes came almost immediately after they announced new advertising tools, so it seems like they’re trying to force streamers to advertise in a way that they get a cut of the advertisement revenue.
The greed on plain display here is egregious. This is going to kill charity streams, especially big ones like Games Done Quick. They make millions per year, of which Twitch gets their share, but they want more, because the graph must always go up and to the right because investors are monsters.
Twitch changed the rules for how streamers could do sponsored content. Banned any kind of baked in audio or video ads, banner ads, etc. Also didn’t allow any branding (of the streamer or a sponsor) to cover more than 3% of the screen space meaning that streamers couldn’t have a logo with their name or other socials on the stream.
These changes came almost immediately after they announced new advertising tools, so it seems like they’re trying to force streamers to advertise in a way that they get a cut of the advertisement revenue.
The greed on plain display here is egregious. This is going to kill charity streams, especially big ones like Games Done Quick. They make millions per year, of which Twitch gets their share, but they want more, because the graph must always go up and to the right because investors are monsters.