Allow non-affiliates to have Follower Emote Slots
I can understand having sub-emotes being exclusive for Partners & Affiliates since you're paying money to use those emotes. That transaction is only possible by being a part of at least the affiliate program. But follower emotes? The only way you would be able to use follower emotes outside of the channel they're from is by subscribing to the channel. Otherwise, all you would need to do is follow a channel in order to use those emotes. So why is it only possible to have these by becoming an affiliate when you're not even paying to use them.
Granting non-affiliates access to follower emotes would allow us to be able to grow without the pressure of having to meet a certain threshold in order to have access to a basic feature. So many of us already use extensions that allow us to have our own set of emotes for our channel without a subscription. Having an official way to do so would make it much easier to truly personalize our channels and form our own communities.