Gaming

I would think a lot of full-time content creators would be pissed by not having ads.

One I follow recently disabled viewing twitch VODs (stream recordings) without a subscription. The reason is that even though twitch has ads on streams, it doesnt on VODs. They instead record the streams manually and upload them to youtube.

And if you know them, you cant say they are greedy (at least about this one, I dont know generally). They hold non-english streams with sub 500 viewers, so of course they reach a smaller audience, and they are doing it full time, in a country that was hit very hard in inflation, and which also killed the tax form which was the go-to solution for anyone self-employed, resulting in their income taxes multiplying by ~3-4 times, and by looking at the numbers, they still dont have a dream paycheck, or anywhere near to it. If you watch the streams (and know the language, haha), you know they are not there to get rich, but to build a community, which they involve a lot in behind-the-scenes and life related things.

I have no idea what are the circumstances with twitch streamers in other countries with a better economy, but I can see that for instance this one needs that money if they want to continue.

Huh, very interesting... I'm kinda shocked these exist. And at least owncast seems to load fairly quickly.