You are absolutely right, that this is not okay. You have every right to be upset.
This was an error in judgement and it needs to be rectified.
This was modeled after other third party apps, however we feel that no third party apps should be forcing you to follow them.
We want people to follow DLive on their own accord because they feel it is a good platform in their own eyes, not because we force them to.
This will be fixed and a public apology will be given.