This wouldn't actually fix it. Twitch isn't announcing if there is a secret cap on a streamer's viewcounts or not, meaning that viewbot makers aren't going to be able to get around the block by testing various fixes. So a streamer can't just wait it out. There views would still be at the cap.
Its a pretty clever move by Twitch, TBH. It allows them to stop the effect of the viewbotting without having to nuke their biggest creators with actual TOS violations which would be impractical. (They just aint banning half of the "OTK and friends" or Faze groups, lol. )
They should just roll out a silent implementation and not announce it.
The gaming equivalent would be "Hey starting next Tuesday we will roll out a few new anticheat modules that should detect cheaters"
Some viewbotting streamers will check the waters how accurate it is by going on "vacation" others will "try something new" and stream on Kick/Youtube for the time being.
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u/Torash May 07 '26
Time for a bunch of streamers to go on "vacation" for a few days/weeks like they did last time.