It's good. If I go to the lounge, I don't watch video - I turn the feed off to minimise bandwidth. Then you can resize the video area to make chat text more screen estate.
Having a wider chat screen is better, without the faff of resizing the non existent video feed (which was near impossible to achieve with touch devices anyway
).
For the ladies who struggle to "get" it - the site is for members. The Premiums, the basics, the guests - not you. You don't have to "get" anything regarding functionality
You're "employees".
So I can see why they make things more chat oriented for members. Anything that retains people for longer, feeds their "addiction" to chatting on the site - is good for them. You may come to just chat with friends instead, maybe you'll spend more too. The "hide" functionality is bloody simple to achieve, so took perhaps a few minutes to sort out with javascript. The result, however, means those who wish to keep chatting on mobile devices can see more of the screen and not be having a redundant white space. The site doesn't have to just be about perving, it can be more social - you can "chat with mates" if you wish.
Good feature for the lounge. It may be less relevant for when in a models room - for obvious reasons
My :twocents-02cents: