Twitch quietly removed the option to gift 1,000 subscriptions at once after the feature, rolled out on November 26, prompted a torrent of concern from high-profile creators. The bundle would have let a viewer buy 1,000 tiered subs for roughly $6,000 before a $1,000 discount, effectively putting the price just under $5,000 while a site-wide promotion runs.
Streamers who saw the first examples of the donation were blunt. Emiru was left speechless on stream after receiving a 1,000-sub gift, and Ludwig detonated on X with a now-viral line that captures the wider reaction: “every new twitch feature exists to suck more money from viewers.” The criticism focused on who those purchases actually help and whether viewers could be financially harmed.
every new twitch feature exists to suck more money from viewers
•gift 200 subs
•gift 1000 subs
•hype train
•treasure train
•sub in advancelike bro just make a decent mobile/tv app im losing my mind https://t.co/JKLBnv7Le2
— ludwig (@LudwigAhgren) November 26, 2025
Creators flagged several risks. VTubers including Lucia and Akame warned that fans who can’t afford such a purchase might still try to give, then reverse the payment, leaving a streamer on the hook; Lucia noted Twitch takes “30-50% of this,” and questioned why limits were being raised while other platform problems remain unaddressed. Chargebacks have become a real headache for broadcasters. Multiple examples cited by creators show scammers using refunds to claw back gifts after a streamer has already distributed benefits tied to them, which can deliver an unexpected bill to the channel.
According to chatter from creators and the reporting circling the change, Twitch pulled the 1K option while the site is running a discount promotion that reduces gifted-sub prices by around 35% until December 1. That suggests the removal could be temporary, though a number of streamers are publicly pushing Twitch to rethink the offering entirely. For background on when the bundle first appeared and how the pricing worked, see our earlier coverage: Twitch now lets viewers gift 1,000 subs at once – $1,000 discount available. It’s not yet clear whether Twitch will restore the 1,000-sub option after the promotion ends or if creator pushback and fraud concerns will lead to a permanent change. For now, broadcasters and their communities will be watching how the platform balances monetization features with consumer safety.
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