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[–] fr0g@infosec.pub 87 points 2 years 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

[–] Yoru@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

[–] ProperlyProperTea@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Yoru@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 years ago (2 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

[–] ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Probably should edit the post to limit the slander

[–] Yoru@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wouldn't that still be Twitch's fault for not supporting a browser with added security features? Or am I misunderstanding something?

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[–] Synnr@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

It may be the latest version but they just don't handle user-agent strings very well.

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[–] Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

[–] teft@startrek.website 39 points 2 years ago (1 children)

works fine for me on firefox with ublock origin.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@midwest.social 20 points 2 years 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
[–] Yoru@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Rhabuko@feddit.de 28 points 2 years ago
[–] Koen967@feddit.nl 25 points 2 years ago

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

[–] e-ratic@kbin.social 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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
[–] Yoru@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

oh, yes I have resist finger printing on.

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[–] abc@lemmus.org 17 points 2 years ago

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

[–] jackmarxist@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't use websites that don't support the Fox.

[–] Yoru@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

it supports it, I just had some options that made it not work!

[–] jackmarxist@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

OK. Thanks for the clarification!

[–] mac@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

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

[–] rizoid@midwest.social 11 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Brisolo32@lemmy.eco.br 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

in my case my user agent switcher was blocking it

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

[–] Yoru@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years 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.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

A tale as old as time.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Mereo@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Works fine for me!

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years 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.

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

It's still bad, but not that bad if you always go to a specific steamer. But it's easy for me to tell this because instead of the garbage player if theirs I watch everything in MPV

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[–] Aatube@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Useragent switchers:

[–] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Putting $100 his browser is way out of date

[–] Yoru@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

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

[–] max17@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

[–] ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Bold move. There’s not anything on there worth me disabling my adblocks, cookie blockers, etc that I wont see in clips in youtube before they pull the same stuff

[–] b9chomps@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

For me FF and Librewolf work on Windows. Don't work on Arch.

Switched to Chatterino and Streamlink

[–] wuffish@mastodon.social 1 points 2 years ago

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

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