The stream doesn't end.
Somebody has to.

Twitch is one of the largest live platforms in the world. It reportedly draws over 240 million monthly active users, and power viewers commonly watch more than two hours in a single sitting, especially during a big match or event. That's not background noise, that's an afternoon.

Watching a streamer for hours a day changes how your brain treats them. Researchers who study parasocial relationships have found that spending that much regular time with someone, even one-directionally, is enough for the brain to start forming a bond with them, the same way it would with someone you actually know.

Fella isn't trying to compete with the stream. It blocks Twitch by default, gives you one 5-minute emergency unlock a day for a real check-in, then locks it again automatically.

Nothing about a live stream tells you when to stop. A video ends. A stream ends whenever the streamer decides to end it, which could be twenty minutes from now or four hours from now. There's no runtime to glance at and no credits to signal you're done.

Missing it live actually means missing it. Unlike a video you can watch anytime, a live stream's chat reactions, the shared "did you see that" moment, and the streamer's real-time response only happen once. That's a different kind of pull than "I'll get to it later."

It's checking on a person, not a feed. Once you follow a specific streamer, opening Twitch stops feeling like browsing content and starts feeling like checking whether someone you're invested in is around. That's a harder habit to talk yourself out of than closing a random app.

Live chat turns watching into participating. Typing alongside hundreds or thousands of other viewers, reacting in real time to the same clip everyone else just saw, creates a sense of being somewhere, not just watching something.

That's a harder thing to walk away from than a video. Leaving mid-stream doesn't just pause content, it pulls you out of a live moment you can't rejoin the same way later.

The pull doesn't stop when the stream does. Twitch clips are short, algorithmically surfaced highlight reels, easy to fall into the same way as any short-form feed, and full VOD replays mean an entire multi-hour stream is available to binge whenever you open the app.

There's almost always something to watch. Between clips, VODs, and the sheer number of channels live at any given moment, "nothing's on" is rarely true, which removes one of the natural reasons people used to put a screen down.

Fella treats all of it as one blocked app. Live, clips, VODs, it doesn't matter which one you'd open. Twitch is either blocked or it's inside your one daily unlock.

1. Add Twitch to your blocked apps. Pick it once during setup alongside any other apps that pull you in.

2. Let it stay locked by default. There's no daily toggle or Ignore Limit button to fall back on when a favorite streamer just went live.

3. Use the emergency unlock for real needs. One 5-minute window a day is enough for a quick check-in, not a full sitting.

4. Twitch locks again automatically. You don't have to remember to close the door, no matter how long the stream runs.

People who open Twitch to check on one stream and lose the afternoon. If "just seeing if they're live" reliably turns into hours, that's the exact pattern Fella is built to interrupt.

People who feel FOMO about missing a live moment. If the fear of missing chat's reaction or a streamer's live response keeps pulling you back, a hard default removes the constant checking.

People who still want to catch streams sometimes. A specific event, a favorite streamer's big moment, or a scheduled watch session doesn't have to disappear. The daily unlock covers real, intentional use without leaving the app open all day.