Where to even begin with this god awful UI change…

No thumbnails/titles for followed channels, completely removing the ability for creators to describe what it is they are doing, now only having it show their view count and what game they are playing

Followed channels not being it’s own easily accessible tab that still allows you to actually watch content from followed channels (regardless of it not being the default anymore, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, all at least still have a place you can go to or method you can use to only see content from channels/accounts you are following/subscribed to)

No “continue watching” section for archived streams/VODs, you can now only find these by going to each individual channel, which itself is now also a more complicated and annoying process since there’s no way to sort followed channels and they no longer show indicators for unwatched VODs

No “clips” section where you can see recent clips from followed channels and choose which ones to watch, only a ridiculous scrolling feature that forces you to watch clips one by one and doesn’t even allow you to see ones specifically from channels you follow (which again, is the entire point of having a “following” page)

No “followed games” section to create a short list of games you’re interested in and see streams of specifically those games

Hilariously stupid integration of vertical video (70% blurred background every time you open the app to the main home screen) given that Twitch is a platform that almost exclusively operates on horizontal video

I’m sure there are more that I haven’t even realized yet but that’s honestly because I’ve been completely disincentivized from using the app at all with how many things I used regularly that are now an annoying hassle or have just been completely removed as a functionality of the app.

We get it. You want to be TikTok so bad. But even with that in mind this update is so poorly implemented that it detracts from and completely disrupts the user experience for all existing users while not properly accomplishing anything that would attract these new “TikTok-esque” users that are apparently so desirable that you’re willing to **** over everyone else to try and win them over.

Surely there is a better way to do this, one that accomplishes the goals of integrating vertical video and TikTok-style scrolling to attract new users that still allows existing users to enjoy the app in the way they would want to