Twitch announces the removal of the Prime sub and more changes

by times news cr

2024-04-07 13:44:19

After having reported a cut in its staff, Twitch published a statement announcing new modifications to your partner programas well as the elimination of the Prime subscription, a fact that has upset a large sector of the community.

This information released the past January 24 He explained that these changes were designed with the purpose of improve the income of your content creators. One of these changes is changing the program threshold “Partner Plus” so that more streamers can access this special plan.

In addition to that, Twitch removed $100,000 limit on net incomethis after receiving some comments from the most famous streamers, who mentioned that the profits after exceeding this limit were much more limited, being part or not of the plus program.

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Finally, the most important change is removing Prime subscriptionremember that this subscription mode was given as an extra payment for contracting the subscription plan. Amazon Prime. This sub mode allowed you to subscribe to a channel for free.

From now on, this free subscription will have a cost based on a rate established by country, and the profits for the streamers will be according to the exchange rate that the followers are paying. In Mexico this subscription It would cost 95 cents plus taxes..

Twitch decision could hurt more than benefit

According to information from Movistar Esports y StreamsChartsmany of the Hispanic creators have a significant dependence on the sub Primeso eliminating your free subscription for a much cheaper paid one would significantly lower your income.

Streamers like Illojuan, Ibai, Rubius and Auronplay account for more than 50 percent of Prime subscribers, so this change would considerably lower your number of subscribers. In Latin America this fact would not affect so much, since characters like Rivers, ElMariana, Spreen and JuanSGuarnizo have Prime subscribers close to 30 percent.

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2024-04-07 13:44:19

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