Also that the streamer has the option not to use either of them

I agree with sbit that is a good idea

Since some of the feedback supports stickers then perhaps the best route would be an option for the streamer to toggle emotes, stickers, or both.

Stickers are one of the favorite features to my viewers since I left Twitch. If anything I wish affiliates could have stickers, the're so much fun!

I prefer the stickers, they are bigger and show more detail. there are so many funny ones I love.

stickers make the chat scroll too fast and basically unreadable, definitely agree that emotes should replace them.

I LOVE DLive stickers. Far superior to convey reactions than repeated, messy emoji like on Twitch. I appreciate the animations & larger size of the GIFs. A compromise: I vote to KEEP the stickers and ADD emoji. Phone apps can already do this. I commonly cut & paste emoji from other sites to add on the website (time-consuming). Streamers can turn off stickers temporarily if spam is an issue & can ban inappropriate ones. Stickers add unique visual value and can be moderated sufficiently already.

Agreed, I think stickers are cool and all but would love to just see just emotes, Like how it's done on discord.