Yep. There are only 2 streams available now, and even then, one of them might bug out, so you need to reload that stream. As a viewer, I used to have 3 streams up. Moreover, I could choose 3 out of 12 in the list on the left side of Twitch (plus 6 recommended streams). Now, since it overwhelms me to choose only 2 from the 12+6, I’ve let go of some and unfollowed them, as I no longer have enough slots.

Another thing I’ve noticed about myself is that I don’t discover new streamers by stream hopping anymore because of this, which has narrowed my opportunities for discovering new content creators. I only have the chance to see someone new when one of the two streamers in my active slots raids another streamer.

Just my two cents, I doubt twitch will do anything about it.

I totally agree, and now it feels even worse. It looks like they limited it to 1 channel...

La mayoría de los espectadores solemos ver más de dos canales en simultáneo para buscar los momentos más divertidos y emocionantes, acumular puntos de canal, en fin apoyar a nuestros streamers favoritos. Desde mi perspectiva como Streamer creo que va a perjudicar las métricas de los creadores de contenidos y van a obligar a los viewers a escoger de manera más reducida el abanico de opciones. Honestamente creo que esto no beneficia a nadie.

I hate this, I have so many twitch friends that I support by being on their channel and now I have to choose which ones to support??? REVERSE THE CHANGES!!

I also believe putting a limit on this can only hurt viewers and streamers simultaneously

i concur with this assessment