Bring back Audio Only mode
Why has the Audio Only feature been removed?
I listen to music via the Twitch app while at work, while driving, while exercising, even while watching sport or playing games. I can't have my screen unlocked that whole time nor can I have the video feed playing. My phone won't handle it, nor will my coworkers (I use headphones when in the office).
I thought the whole point of the DJ programme was to open up Twitch and support a community for those that want to play and/or listen to music. So why has Twitch removed the Audio Only feature?
Twitch has made great improvements with the app over recent weeks, fixing many of the issues introduced in July. Now this change has made the app completely unusable for me rather than just annoying.
MarkRulz
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petermenhir
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Musicians are looking for alternative performance platforms because of the no audio mode issue.
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woodsy272
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The disabling of this feature will likely push me to use other services and drop twitch alltogether.
In addition, citing dcma licensing issues does not make sense. Playing audio only or audio with video, surely you still need to monitor for the same licensing requirements? In fact, I assume streaming video would have greater requirements than audio.
Other reasons as per previous comment...
* Driving in Australia with video stream is illegal.
* Regular train commute includes working on phone whilst listening to twitch dj streams in the background. Negotiating the forced picture in picture thing is a nightmare.So it'll be off to other streaming services until this is resolved.