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Originally Posted by Tricky110974
Plus we worked out that it it would still cost us quite a bit for each player if we want to share the costs (including all the necessary subscriptions) compared to what we have paid for D&D Beyond shared content.
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This largely boils down to the other guys offering "free" accounts with more access than we do. I put the "free" in quotes, because those free accounts are NOT truly free with D&D Beyond. They are paid for by having to deal with an abundance of ads, and those ads are paid for by the companies behind those ads. Ads that are consuming valuable screen real estate and creating a bunch of visual distraction in the middle of your game. All those ads are possible due to Twitch's massive ad-focused infrastructure that's designed for exactly that purpose. We don't have that option, and I'd resist going there even if it was available. As an alternative, we introduced the low-cost Apprentice level to cover the costs of supporting those accounts. It's barely more than a dollar a month, which is probably a lot less than Twitch is bringing in from all those ads, and it's also probably a whole lot less annoying for our users.