Twitch CEO Dan Clancy has been criticized for joining streamers during their broadcasts when some key features of the streaming platform “don’t work” these days.
Despite competition from the likes of KICK, YouTube, and even Rumble, Twitch remains the premier livestreaming platform out there. It’s the home of the biggest streamers around and given how long it’s been around, fans are so used to its layout and features.
The Amazon-backed platform has, however, undergone a few changes over the last few years. Its mobile app received the biggest overhaul, changing the way fans would navigate between channels by becoming more TikTok-like.
Fans and streamers alike have been frustrated by the new layout, with Twitch CEO Dan Clancy coming in for criticism for pushing the change.
Squeex hits out at Dan Clancy as Twitch doesn’t work
Additionally, the Twitch CEO has been criticized for appearing on streams with creators when some of the key features “don’t work” right now.
“Well, I don’t want to come off as like a mean guy, because I think Dan Clancy is probably like, a nice guy,” streamer Squeex said on February 17.
“I’m just frustrated because there are certain things that just don’t work, and it’s a bad look, optically, if you just have your CEO collaborating with you all of the time. Like, the mobile app doesn’t work!”
The streamer added that there are some “fundamental” features that don’t work which are not “being addressed” by Twitch.
“I used to be able to watch Twitch on mobile and now I can not! The aspect ratio for clips on mobile, it doesn’t work! It’s like you have a magnifying glass. They made it like TikTok. It clearly doesn’t work, the way that they intended, and the app on the TV doesn’t work, and clips are broken on the desktop. They’re muted,” he said.
“I feel like these are some fundamental basic things on the platform that aren’t being addressed, and if their f*cking CEO is doing the rounds on a Minecraft stream, it looks bad!”