this seems like a decent (albeit long overdue) way to circumvent streamers' dmca issues, though it's kind of funny to see it framed as something that enables creative expression when it is, in reality, a small selection of songs decided upon by a massive company https://twitter.com/Twitch/status/1311335524943106048

platforms grow their power by bringing outside functionality that's evolved from user innovation under their umbrella. on its own, this music feature is useful, but ultimately, the standard platform playbook is why we end up with situations like this https://kotaku.com/twitch-streamers-are-furious-about-new-mid-stream-ads-t-1845064792

big music labels--the ones going after streamers--arguably benefitted from streamers advertising their music for free. ideally, this would have led to a reevaluation of how music rights function. instead, twitch's new system gives it more power and reinforces an archaic system

lots of different ideas in this thread (lol), but in short, features like this from major platforms like twitch are rarely just features. they come with baggage and send shockwaves. always good to remain skeptical of them