Adin Ross calls for a ban on hot tub streams, compares the category with gambling

Adin Ross calls out for a ban on Hot Tub streams (Image via Twitch) — Adin Ross calls out for a ban on hot tub streams (Image via Twitch)

Popular streamer Adin Ross gave his take on the hot tub/pool category on Twitch in a recent livestream. The streaming platform introduced the controversial Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches category after such content began going viral under Just Chatting.

Speaking about it on stream, Adin Ross gave a scathing review of the streamers who broadcast while being in hot tubs or pools. According to the creator, such content should not be facilitated on the Amazon-owned platform. Adin, 22, also compared the category to gambling in that both promote poison and cause addiction.

Adin Ross calls out Twitch, says hot tub streams should be banned

Adin Ross is undoubtedly an influential figure in the streaming community. With over 7.7 million followers on Twitch, he has had an eventful online career thus far. Before jumping into his views on hot tub streams, the reader should note that he was an avid gambler on Twitch before stake.com, among other gambling sites, was banned.

Calling Twitch to put an embargo on hot tub content, Adin said:

"I'm gonna flat out and say it, bro, I don't know how many people are gonna back me on this. Twitch, I believe heavily, you know I saw one person lost a lot of money to gambling, you guys banned gambling, you guys moved on quick. I think we have a problem Twitch, I think there's the hot tub streams bro, I think it should be banned from Twitch."

Continuing his rant, he commented that the category promoted adult content, which should not be allowed on the streaming platform. He said:

"It's soft p*rn. It's a portal to OnlyFans. And it's in the same category as gambling right because it's promoting poison to the brain and it's making people addicted too, it's feeding their addiction to j**king off, which is a serious problem we have."

Before the clip was cut out, he also brought up ASMR streams, which have their own category on Twitch as well.

How the streaming community reacted to the statement

The clip was shared in the popular live-streaming community on Reddit, r/LivestreamFail, which led to extensive criticism of the streamer for his association with Andrew Tate. The LSF post has already reached over 150 comments at the time of writing. Here are some of the notable ones:

Despite Adin Ross' strong take, the possibility of hot tub streams getting de-platformed is a slim one. To read more about the streamer, click here.