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
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
Wouldn't that still be Twitch's fault for not supporting a browser with added security features? Or am I misunderstanding something?
I understand that from a technical level. But the solution is "we'll make it work" and not "either use a less secure tool, or lower security on what you are using". In my opinion this is a problem that Twitch needs to fix, not work around.
Theoretically you are absolutely right. Problem is, the user base Firefox and especially the enhanced security have is probably not huge enough for them to bother.
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.
Same for me. I even tried connecting through Serbia^1^ with my VPN, and it still works.
Does that work with Serbia as well? :o I thought it was only Russia, hopefully my VPN has Serbia
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
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:
Y'all should check out twitch streamlink gui, or other alternate front ends, regardless. https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink-twitch-gui
I love when pages tell me my browser is not supported and it's just the agent switcher choosing win7 with internet explorer 8
update: It still works with firefox, the culprit was firefox's enhanced security thing in the settings. It works now after I disabled it.
It’s the enhanced tracking protection that is built into Firefox. Disable it. Login. Re-enable. Had this issue for months now.
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.
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.
I usually watch smaller streamers and chat with them :> Never watched big streams because they're just super boring.
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.