Twitch announced on Wednesday it will start Limit streaming To 100 hours of highlighting and uploading, if the channel exceeds the limit, the content will be deleted. The company said it is introducing changes because highlights are not effective in driving discovery or engagement, and because of the expensive storage. Storage caps will take effect on April 19.
This change applies to highlights, which are summaries edited based on the channel’s past broadcasts and other uploaded content.
However, editing and past broadcasts (VODs) are not affected by changes. (Past broadcasts have been automatically deleted after a while).
Twitch’s announcement comes in the same week Facebook says live videos are now only stored on it Platform 30 daysAfter that, they will be deleted. The company will also delete past broadcasts in the coming months.
Twitch said it initially launched highlights to help streamers create highlight reels for their best moments, but other features such as clips, tags, and mobile discovery feeds are more effective in driving discovery or engagement.
“Although less effective, some users have accumulated thousands of hours of highlights and uploads over time (usually used to create highlights). Blog Posts.
“This content has a high storage cost. This 100-hour storage limit is introduced, which affects 0.5% of active channels on twitches and 0.1% of surveillance time, which helps us manage resources more effectively and maintain focus and upload support and continue to invest in the capabilities and improvements of new and more effective viewer engagement tools such as editing and mobile feeds.”
Some streamers have entered social media to share their dissatisfaction with the decision, with many Point out Twitch is owned by Amazon, a market leader in cloud services through its AWS platform.
The streamer after this data has a channel that exceeds the limit will have its highlights and automatic uploads will be automatically deleted, starting with the least view highlights. Twitch encourages users to download or export their content before the deadline.
