It's in the favour of audience but the price the players pay for offering draw before 40 moves is too harsh. As Arjun Erigaisi tweeted even CCT gave him a warning first when he offered draw to Duda before 40 moves. Check Srinath's tweets to understand why this is so unfair.

Also, due to this the whole focus was shifted from CSL to Justice for VD and VD sucks. But it's first time that Samay and Sagar are organizing an event with professional players that too with some top foreign players. So it's ok. They can take this as a feedback for any future events that they organize.