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I think Amazon has done a fairly good job with Twitch. Adding features and such. Maybe it’s because there really isn’t another big competitor to twitch right no

I think Amazon has done a fairly good job with Twitch. Adding features and such. Maybe it’s because there really isn’t another big competitor to twitch right now so nobody jumped ship when it was acquired.

baddox 9y ago
That could be. Why has YouTube not showed up as a Twitch competitor?
- Arcsech 9y ago
  They could be, but a) YouTube hasn't been doing much to market its live streaming services to Twitch's audience, and b) Twitch does a way, WAY better job of allowing streamers to make money than YT does. YT has been demonetizing videos at the drop of a hat, much to many creators' frustration, without providing any tools for creators to make alternative revenue, including locking down the ability to link to Patreon unless you already have a very established channel. Compare that to Twich, which has multiple ways to support streamers right in-app and available to even pretty low-viewership streamers.
  - baddox 9y ago
    Good points. I don’t have a good idea of how Twitch streamers make money now, but my impression is that it’s mostly through subscriptions (through Twitch) and donations (not through Twitch). Even back 5 years ago streamers talked about how most of their audience (being tech-savvy) used Adblock, and I suspect that situation hasn’t gotten any better. Is Twitch making most of its money from cuts of subscriptions?
    - stock_toaster 9y ago
      They take a bit of a cut when people buy “bits” too (twitch local donations).
  - ripdog 9y ago
    Youtube is rolling out a twitch-style subscription payment system to all channels, starting with gaming channels first. I don't know what's taking so long, but it's coming. Also, YT Red viewers still give money to demonetized but still partenered videos.
    - jhasse 9y ago
      YT Red still isn't available in most countrys.
amyjess 9y ago
On the other hand, Amazon's acquisition of Comixology has been awful, as the first thing they did was go out of their way to make it harder for you to buy comics on an Android device.

baddox 9y ago

That could be. Why has YouTube not showed up as a Twitch competitor?

Arcsech 9y ago
They could be, but a) YouTube hasn't been doing much to market its live streaming services to Twitch's audience, and b) Twitch does a way, WAY better job of allowing streamers to make money than YT does. YT has been demonetizing videos at the drop of a hat, much to many creators' frustration, without providing any tools for creators to make alternative revenue, including locking down the ability to link to Patreon unless you already have a very established channel. Compare that to Twich, which has multiple ways to support streamers right in-app and available to even pretty low-viewership streamers.
- baddox 9y ago
  Good points. I don’t have a good idea of how Twitch streamers make money now, but my impression is that it’s mostly through subscriptions (through Twitch) and donations (not through Twitch). Even back 5 years ago streamers talked about how most of their audience (being tech-savvy) used Adblock, and I suspect that situation hasn’t gotten any better. Is Twitch making most of its money from cuts of subscriptions?
  - stock_toaster 9y ago
    They take a bit of a cut when people buy “bits” too (twitch local donations).
- ripdog 9y ago
  Youtube is rolling out a twitch-style subscription payment system to all channels, starting with gaming channels first. I don't know what's taking so long, but it's coming. Also, YT Red viewers still give money to demonetized but still partenered videos.
  - jhasse 9y ago
    YT Red still isn't available in most countrys.

amyjess 9y ago

On the other hand, Amazon's acquisition of Comixology has been awful, as the first thing they did was go out of their way to make it harder for you to buy comics on an Android device.