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by secret-noun 1004 days ago
> fextralife

Yes, please let us get away from them. If you've ever browsed Twitch, you'll see them with tens of thousands of viewers... but when you join the channel, engagement is sparse.

The reason this happens is because they embed their Twitch stream into every. page. you. visit. This is slimy, annoying, and slows the loading.

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How is this not illegal / grounds for having the channel deleted?
Why is Twitch not blocking a method for delivering their embedded video ads onto unrelated websites? Yeah, no idea.
The Twitch drops literally cause people to watch for X hours when they don't voluntary want to. I often have it running in my browser because I want the exclusive, yet I don't listen or watch.