I am not fan of twitch client and i hate it but overwolf is worse and will never use it. You cant trust spyware overwolf.This happened 2 days ago.https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwolf/comments/hckxw6/browser_popup_ads?sort=top
Welp, now that looks like an obnoxious platform. And twitch was already a bit much for me.
This was a %^&*ing ridiculously stupid move. Having addons on the twitch app was the only reason I occasionally watched streams. Oh well twitch your loss, hope the sum was worth it.
I have always enjoyed the convenience of having all my addons on Twitch along with my favorited streamers off to the left-hand side showing me who was online. And with Twitch, since it's owned by Amazon, I felt I was getting a well-rounded package. Although, I have never left Twitch running while playing the game. ANY program you leave running while gaming will use resources, and I felt it unnecessary to have those resources being used while gaming. I've always used Task Manager to quit background programs unnecessary to game, other than Chrome. I have always just checked for updates on Twitch every morning before getting on with my day. Whether or not websites or outside programs have a disclaimer saying "We may also share information about your use of the site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners", I have always been very careful whether to opt-in or use such websites or programs. Then again, with my past career in I.T., I'm not your "everyday user". After reading so much feedback about other people's experiences here in the past (and present) with Overwolf's intrusive and obnoxious ads (regardless if that is how they generate income) and how they have been handling data shared with them, I will not be using the app to update my addons. Like others have stated, I will be going back to "old school" and updating my addons manually like I did back in WotLK and Cata days. And if addon developers want to restrict their content to only be available on Overwolf, then I will do without the affected addon altogether.
Soo how will get my addon updates now? it was the only reason i used the twitch app in the first place will i need to get the overwolf app or is there just a curseforged app or something?
I don't like Twitch, but that's a personal distaste only. Overwolf is actively harmful, and I strongly advise everyone here to avoid installing it. Anything you disliked about Twitch will be worse with Overwolf. We lived without automatic updates in an era past, we can do so again.
finallytwitch is cancer
I never even heard of overwolf until now.
Guess I'm going back to updating addons by hand.
the only reason i had twitch installed in the first place
Stop using this terrible bloatware to manage your mods. Use something open source like cursebreaker.
I have like 50 addons, how the &*!@ am I gonna manage all of them now?
Sincerely hope addon authors decide to put their stuff on a different service then.. Overwolf is sketch at best.
So many people saying 'finally we can leave twitch' without knowing what the replacement is bringing... lol
On one hand, I hate having to use that twitch app. On the other, I have not heard good things about this company...