bastimeyer
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3 years ago As already explained in #548, this is limited by the Twitch API and can become very inefficient if the user has a huge local list of locally followed channels. With the upcoming switch to Twitch's helix-API, API requests will be rate-limited and this can't therefore be implemented here, as you'd make too many API requests in a short period of time. I also don't have any motivation for spending time on that and figuring out a way that is simple in its implementation and easy for the user to understand/use.
Just create a throwaway account on Twitch and follow channels regularly.
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I do not have a twitch account and do not intend on creating one for privacy reasons. I am interested in 10 streamers and checking who is online and streaming becomes tiresome when I have to search for them one by one. A local account with a list of followed streamers would be very convenient; similarly FreeTube allows local account creation to show videos from channels the user subscribed to on YouTube. This is similar to #548 but I wanted to give my reasoning and ask if this is still a possible feature addition. @bastimeyer mentioned in #548 that it could be possible to group all the requests into one in order to minimise requests to Twitch. I am not interested in notifications so I do not need constant querying of the server, I just want to see available streams from the list of followed streamers possibly by the press of a button or alternatively upon opening the app.
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Thank you for this neat feature-rich GUI that provides a smooth experience!