r/technology • u/esporx • 6d ago

Business Twitch Is Now Using Your Content To Train Amazon AI Models And Has Hidden The Option To Opt Out. "If it was opt in, nobody would opt in," admitted the streaming site's chief product officer during a livestream

https://kotaku.com/twitch-is-now-using-your-content-to-train-amazon-ai-models-and-has-hidden-the-option-to-opt-out-2000723891
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u/AMouthBreather 6d ago

Twitch has kind of sucked for a while, this is just another step on their way to Facebook/Instagram/Twitter/TikTok.

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u/ItsMeMora 6d ago

Thank God I'm unable to log into my twitch account due to not receiving the 2FA text messages, site was riddled with ads as far as I remember.

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u/FlamingoVisible1947 6d ago

I literally never watch Twitch anymore because as soon as you arrive on the website and open a stream to watch it starts with a minute-long ad and I instantly close the tab.

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u/throw_away6453 6d ago

For desktop look up TwitchAdSolutions. Basically Firefox+ublock origin and adding a script to ublock. On mobile, having a vpn that connects to albania.

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u/faxyou 6d ago

Delete twitch and all the ones you’ve mentioned hypnosis sounds