In what I see as a poor announcement, but just following a lot of other products Prism Lens is going paid for. You will be still able to use it for free but it will be watermarked after August 7th 2025. I am actually pretty disappointed but this appears to be an ongoing trend as livestreaming in general struggles to make money. I know a lot of people who no longer livestream but prefer to upload videos as they are far, far easier to monetise. Free livestreaming is a dying product these days as more and more people want to monetise somehow as costs are rising!
In all honesty I can see the free livestreaming model disappearing soon – it is becoming harder and harder to keep costs reasonable and quality high. 2025 will be the last year for a lot of streams as I see it… viewing numbers are already considerably down over time
