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Twitch.tv vs Kick.com is a bit more complicated, right? Twitch claims it loses money on big streamers[1] and Kick is almost certainly being subsidized by onlin
by Brybry 3y ago
Twitch.tv vs Kick.com is a bit more complicated, right?
Twitch claims it loses money on big streamers[1] and Kick is almost certainly being subsidized by online gambling company Stake[2][3].
[1] https://twitter.com/djfluffkins/status/1479362350566109184 https://twitter.com/djfluffkins/status/1479362350566109184
[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/12/06/trainwrecks-kick-gambling-stake/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/12/06/trainw...
[3] https://www.bonus.com/news/stake-com-founders-own-kick/ https://www.bonus.com/news/stake-com-founders-own-kick/
- cma 3y agoI suspect Hollywood accounting going on here: paying inflated egress to AWS, their own property with one of if not the highest margins on egress in the business.