Allow audio-only DJ streams on cellphones
In the DJ Program FAQ it mentions "Additionally, viewers on mobile are able to watch DJ streams, except the option for Audio Only listening will be disabled due to program requirements." https://help.twitch.tv/s/article/dj-program-faq
Please advocate to change this with the labels and/or if its solely Twitch's decision, please reverse this.
I can understand the wobbly logic that led to this being part of the program (live sync'd audio with a visual performance; no jukeboxes; no radios. Therefore, dont allow audio-only streams) however in practice this does nothing to achieve those ends.
Instead it eliminates community members from DJ streams.
Instead it generates cellphone high data use for listeners that isn't serving a purpose for listeners. It doesn't force anyone to look at their phone.
Instead it uses more power and resources on Twitch's servers to deliver unwanted video feeds.
Streamers are still going to produce video content (ie static images) for radio channels that noone is going to watch. So it doesnt help with eliminating problem channels. Hey it might even HURT; if you monitored your metrics on DJ Program channels you could find an enforce the radios by the unusually high audio-only metric.
Its anti-community, anti-environmental, pro-big-cellphone/ISP, and anti-streamer. Please change it.
Thanks!
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DJ_Acidion
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Agreed with everything in the original post. I can understand wanting the DJs that are part of the program to put on an AV show as per the rules, but disabling audio-only mode for the viewer when they haven't agreed to the DJ program terms just feels like a vast misreading of the spirit of the agreement.