I think this is a horrible decision. Not only do I use the feature to keep vods for my audience to look back on but also for nostalgia so I can look back at my past.
What happens to all the streamers who are no longer with us, do their content suddenly become lost media? That's an insult to them and their legacy.
This is also a long term problem caused by Twitch's non compete clause for affiliates, most of us didn't bother with YouTube because of the non-compete clauses in the contracts. You created this very environment. An environment built off our backs!
If you are insistent on going ahead with this ludicrous change then quite frankly you've messed up in key areas;
* You've not provided adequate tools for mass migration. You encourage us to move videos to YouTube while requiring us to do it highlight by highlight.
* The content tab is even broken, if you delete content and then change pages content will disappear and then reappear.
* Two months is not enough time for people. If we were given a heads up on this and told "In a year we'll do this" we could gradually start the process and have plenty of time to move it over. Instead you chose two months and even then that comes with a caveat:
* Restricting people already over from making new highlights means anyone over the limit but with vods still to highlight now have a ticking clock that is when their next unhighlighted vod finishes. People should still be able to make vods so they can transfer content over and not lose it.
All this has seriously given me consideration on if Twitch is the environment I want to stream on or if I'd be better suited on a different platform, one that actually respects the time and effort I've put into my content.
I think this is a horrible decision. Not only do I use the feature to keep vods for my audience to look back on but also for nostalgia so I can look back at my past.
What happens to all the streamers who are no longer with us, do their content suddenly become lost media? That's an insult to them and their legacy.
This is also a long term problem caused by Twitch's non compete clause for affiliates, most of us didn't bother with YouTube because of the non-compete clauses in the contracts. You created this very environment. An environment built off our backs!
If you are insistent on going ahead with this ludicrous change then quite frankly you've messed up in key areas;
* You've not provided adequate tools for mass migration. You encourage us to move videos to YouTube while requiring us to do it highlight by highlight.
* The content tab is even broken, if you delete content and then change pages content will disappear and then reappear.
* Two months is not enough time for people. If we were given a heads up on this and told "In a year we'll do this" we could gradually start the process and have plenty of time to move it over. Instead you chose two months and even then that comes with a caveat:
* Restricting people already over from making new highlights means anyone over the limit but with vods still to highlight now have a ticking clock that is when their next unhighlighted vod finishes. People should still be able to make vods so they can transfer content over and not lose it.
All this has seriously given me consideration on if Twitch is the environment I want to stream on or if I'd be better suited on a different platform, one that actually respects the time and effort I've put into my content.