Alas, UNFORTUNATELY the main difference between affiliate and Partner isn’t financial. They make the same.
Then he will DEFINITELY declare affiliation to be a victory for him. But like you said, it won't be, because then it will open the door for some Superhound-style shenanigans. That will put some money in his pocket, it always does when the DSP Show gets interesting, but he'll hate it, and after that first day of being banned or whatever, the excitement wears off and so does the money, adding to his crankiness.
It's pretty funny that the pigroach can't bring himself to fully embrace being a Truman for the money it would shower him with, because holy shit just imagine the amount of whaling out on Champions he could do if he did. Goes to show just how much he prioritizes having an exact situation without any compromises. He is to be taken seriously, hit the tips goal every stream, get no trolling from anybody, and have an easy-going time playing video games that don't make a fool out of him. Take any single one of those things away and you may as well be removing an essential support for a building. Oh, and that is all to last forever without any hiccups.
Obviously makes him one spoiled little bastard, but what's funny is how stupid he is for not learning by now that it's impossible. For anyone, let alone him. Max Dood doesn't have a Superhound to deal with, but he's still not about to become attached to living on easy street. And if he does, he'll regret it, just like anybody else.
I think Boogie2988 is the only other Youtuber that can compete with DSP on the subs-to-low "interactions" scale.
This alone should be driving the pigroach to drink himself stupid.
Subs are obviously way down, but his viewership is also. He's struggling to even hit 300 viewers now, and he was above that on Twitch.
Question is, would returning to Twitch get those views back up, or are they gone for good no matter the platform because it has to do with his content, not the platform? I reckon that's the case, give how much the pigroach has gone out of his way to be boring and still try to rake in tips, without lifting a finger to grow his audience. He just milks the few people he has left, without even the spine to make peace with it and stop bitching about his lot in life if he's not going to fix it.