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According to Twitch's announcement, the move is part of a

Sept. 11, 2018 by Katherine Berry

According to Twitch's announcement, the move is part of a broader change to its paid streaming service.

"We're moving away from the traditional paid content model of paying for access to live-streamed content, to the pay-for-play model," Twitch VP of Media Brian Shigebreaker told me. "We're focusing on making our ad-free content service more relevant, and that's where Twitch Prime comes into play. We want to be able to offer a more compelling experience than we've ever had on the pay-for-play model."

That means you'll still be able to watch Twitch videos on the device you're subscribed to, but you won't be able to watch them from a device with a live streaming app.

As of right now, it doesn't seem that streaming video across devices with the paid service, such as a Chromecast, is a priority for the company.

"The biggest issue with the subscription model and that's a good thing for us, and a good thing for customers that want to try and watch the video on their device, is that they don't know who they're watching," Twitch's Shigebreaker said. "We have to get them into a position where they know who they are and are looking at it as a platform to get their views through."

"We feel that it's important that people know that," he added. "It's a big part of the content ecosystem that we're trying to make an easier platform for people to use. We have an incredibly large audience that is very active on Twitch and we're trying to make sure we're providing people with as many ways as we can to watch the content we're providing them on our platform."