Ludwig criticizes Twitch for divisive policy changes without streamers\u2019 input Twitch\/YouTube: LudwigProminent YouTube streamer Ludwig has lashed out at Twitch\u2019s apology after revealing upcoming restrictions to branded content that sparked backlash online. On June 6, Twitch revealed upcoming changes to branded content and sponsored streams that are slated to kick in on July 1. These new guidelines place massive restrictions on what kinds of advertisements are allowed on Twitch, outright disallowing \u201cburned-in\u201d video, audio, and display ads on its platform. That\u2019s not all; Twitch has also outlined a comprehensive list of content that isn\u2019t allowed to be advertised, whatsoever, including adult-oriented products, medical devices, political content, and more. While streamers can still advertise sponsored content in other ways, creators all across the net sounded off in outrage over these restrictions, with many threatening to leave Twitch over these potentially damaging changes. Twitch later apologized for the \u201clanguage\u201d in their new guidelines and promised to update their wording in the near future \u2014 but not everyone is accepting this apology. Ludwig slams Twitch\u2019s apology for policy changes Popular YouTube streamer Ludwig levied a critical eye toward Twitch following their apology, lashing out at the platform in a pointed tweet that has since gone viral. \u201cTwitch suffers from having no relationship built with their viewers\/streamers,\u201d Ludwig said of the situation. \u201cI don\u2019t know why the CEO doesn\u2019t tell everyone when these big changes are happening.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s always a carefully crafted impersonal article. And based on all their recent actions, viewers have no choice but to interpret everything in the least charitable way.\u201d Ludwig\u2019s partner in Moist Esports, MoistCr1tiKaL, slammed the company, calling them \u201cout of touch\u201d and geriatric\u201d after their apology statement. Ludwig\u2019s latest comments follow a wave of backlash from other creators and even streaming organizations as rival platforms like Kick seek to step in as Twitch continues to face criticism for confusing bans, a 50\/50 sub split, and other matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ludwig criticizes Twitch for divisive policy changes without streamers\u2019 input Twitch\/YouTube: LudwigProminent YouTube streamer Ludwig has lashed out at Twitch\u2019s apology after revealing upcoming restrictions to branded content that sparked backlash online. On June 6, Twitch revealed upcoming changes to branded content and sponsored streams that are slated to kick in on July 1. These […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}