• Azzu@feddit.de
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    2 years ago

    The rival platform is “Kick” in case anyone wants to not open the article but still wants to know which it is.

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      2 years ago

      Ah, i personally don’t use Twitch much so I didn’t even know what the rival was either.

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        2 years ago

        It’s a new platform so they must be burning investor money to promote the platform by doing this. It’s working. They just need to have a plan to earn it back.

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          They also earn a lot from Stake, their gambling platform. $100 million probably isn’t that much for them.

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        Kick is run by gambling companies and online casinos. the initial reason for Kick even existing was that Twitch banned gambling streams

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        2 years ago

        I mean it’s probably easy when you get your money by fleecing your fan base with a crypto gambling scheme.