Square Enix telling us all to spoil DT story for ourselves is totally unacceptable.

[Jeeqbit]

It does say you have to actually be engaged and watching the stream. Fortunately, there is enough time to do this after completing the MSQ. I take multiple weeks to get through everything but there is enough time at the end of July to catch a stream.

[Evergrey]

It does say you have to actually be engaged and watching the stream. Fortunately, there is enough time to do this after completing the MSQ. I take multiple weeks to get through everything but there is enough time at the end of July to catch a stream.

What would "engaged and watching" entail? It could mean different things.

Edit:
The "Streams played in the background or via inactive tabs won't count towards the hours watched criteria." is most likely just a notice on how Twitch drops works and not anything special about FFXIV twitch drop per say.
So if one can still get drops on twitch with a muted tab it'll most likely work for FFXIV drop as well.