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[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 year ago (2 children)

From the twitch pages

The desktop web browser experience of twitch.tv and supporting sites, officially support the latest two versions of Google Chrome, the latest two versions of Mozilla Firefox, the most recent version of Microsoft Edge, and the most recent version of Apple Safari.

https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/supported-browsers?language=en_US

What's your browser version OP, so we can rule out whether it's just a version issue

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I recently switched to pop!_OS, doesn't it come with the latest version?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (6 children)

so I checked and it was the latest version, the problem was firefox's enhanced security option, it works after I disabled it. https://lemmy.ml/comment/2886486

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably should edit the post to limit the slander

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Nice I didn't know on Lemmy people could edit titles.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I had the same problem as Op.

for over a year i couldnt log into my twitch account cause it kept pissing and moaning about my browser not being supported, despite being on a supported version and browser.

persisted through reformats, through LiveCD tryouts, different physical computers, browser resets/reinstalls, and with all addons uninstalled and/or disabled.

Only recently started working again for some reason.

I'd wager twitch is just shit at shit.

thank god I wasnt a streamer wasnt financially dependent on it.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

works fine for me on firefox with ublock origin.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same for me. I even tried connecting through Serbia^1^ with my VPN, and it still works.

  1. Which, legend has it, results in no ads being served via Twitch
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does that work with Serbia as well? :o I thought it was only Russia, hopefully my VPN has Serbia

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I honestly haven't heard Russia mentioned, just Serbia, but could be

It's hard for me to verify since I don't watch much of anything on Twitch that's not just personal friends streaming a game

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Really? Seems to work fine for me, for now.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

If you have resist fingerprint on, or use Librewolf, then you need to disable resist fingerprint, clear twitch cache and cookies then restart firefox/librewolf. Go back to twitch, log in (remember me for 30 days), and you should pass twitch's integrity check on login and be through.

This is what I do with my setup on Librewolf:

  • Disable resist fingerprinting, disable silent canvas blocking
  • Disable ad-blocking/tracking extensions - uBlock Origin, Decentraleyes, TTV Pro LOL etc. (sometimes I need to do this for twitch integrity check to pass. This should only happen once during the authentication request).
  • Clear cookies and site data (via lock symbol on the left-side of the URL bar)
  • Close browser
  • Open browser and login to twitch
  • Re-enable extensions and resist fingerprint
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

oh, yes I have resist finger printing on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

For me (on Librewolf and Floorp), it was just enabling WebGL, opening Twitch, logging in, and then disabling WebGL. RFP didn’t have any effect, at least back then.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

I am able to login just fine. Is your Firefox browser up-to-date?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Y'all should check out twitch streamlink gui, or other alternate front ends, regardless. https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink-twitch-gui

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

in my case my user agent switcher was blocking it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I love when pages tell me my browser is not supported and it's just the agent switcher choosing win7 with internet explorer 8

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Working fine for me. Do you have an older version installed or a fork?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

update: It still works with firefox, the culprit was firefox's enhanced security thing in the settings. It works now after I disabled it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

A tale as old as time.

[–] jampacked 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jeff Bezos site that I can't block ads? I'll pass.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wait what. You can edit the title on Lemmy. Why didn’t Reddit have this feature?

[–] lazycouchpotato 5 points 1 year ago

It has its pros and cons. Helpful for typos, but it could also be easily misused.

[–] Whitebrow 3 points 1 year ago

It’s the enhanced tracking protection that is built into Firefox. Disable it. Login. Re-enable. Had this issue for months now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Works fine for me!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Useragent switchers:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It works with Firefox. Doesn't work with forks like FireDragon.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If I ever watched Twitch I'd be pretty disappointed but I don't get the appeal of watching someone else play most of the time. Same with sports: They can be fun to play but watching other people play is mostly just boring.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I usually watch smaller streamers and chat with them :> Never watched big streams because they're just super boring.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I can see the appeal of watching someone play from an edited video. But watching it live seems like a total waste of time for me.

Especially on Twitch where you can pause properly.

[–] SpezCanLigmaBalls 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Putting $100 his browser is way out of date

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

version 116.0, it's probably my resist finger printing option

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

You lost it, sorry :) how you’re going to pay up? :D

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Have you set any fingerprint-blocking settings or installed any addons that provide fingerprint blocking? Twitch tries to fingerprint during login and will fail if it can't. The Charmeleon addon for example is one addon I need to deactivate in order to log in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@Yoru Fine for me, Debian 12, Firefox 102.13.0esr.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Good for you :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's the add-ons or if you modified some strict privacy settings, I had the issue with librewolf

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

ohnoanyways.gif

I block Twitch from my Firefox, how 'bout dat?

Seriously, I've never gotten a second of joy from Twitch, it's just the most pointless thing imaginable. And even if I wanted to use it, I would be unwilling based on the fact the site assaults you with random streams that you can't turn off as soon as you go there.

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