@christinelove Yep, barring some edge cases (joining with a raid, for example), non-subscribers will see an ad as they're joining an Affiliate's stream. It's an expected part of the experience for a lot of Twitch viewers now, but there's merit to avoiding Affiliate to keep them away; nobody's gonna miss seeing them, certainly.

There was a point about three years ago when mid-stream, stream-interrupting ads were mandatory for Affiliates, but everyone *hated* that, so they're optional now

I hate Patreon pushing subscription billing so hard.

One of the big selling points for me when the service first launched was that I could make the monthly lump payment and have that distributed to the artists I like with the lowest possible transaction fees. A $1 pledge wouldn't get eaten down to a pittance. It felt more like a big community.

With subscriptions, each payment is separate. $3/month or it's not even worth it. There's no stacking benefit for the people I subscribe to. It sucks.