Clockwork Twitch: Amazon’s New Policy Freezes Ad Timers if You Mute, Minimize, or Look Away

The report describes Twitch/Amazon’s newly tightened ad enforcement that requires ads to remain on the primary screen and stops ad timers if viewers minimize, mute, move to a secondary monitor, or background the stream; users say this disrupts multi-monitor and multitasking workflows. The piece frames the change as an aggressive effort to force engagement and boost ad conversions rather than any form of cybersecurity incident.