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I thin calling it a subdevvision is already an overstatement I think it's not even that. Amazone provides something like a "live streaming infrastructure servi
by dathinab 3y ago
I thin calling it a subdevvision is already an overstatement I think it's not even that.
Amazone provides something like a "live streaming infrastructure service" which they sell to Twitch and others (including the competition like Kick).
For them buying Twitch was good as it allowed them to thoroughly test that service somewhat "in-house", have an initial customer for it to show what it can do etc.
But now that this is done for Amazone there is little value in Twitch, mainly:
- can it make profit (currently no)
- does it improve our image (surprisingly yes, a bit)
- does it allow us to sell more prime memberships (in the past for a short time yes, I don't think anymore)
- does it send bad signals if we shrink/close it now which could affect Amazone stock (somewhat, but if you slowly try to fix it show that you do and then if it doesn't work sell it probably no)
(parts in brackets are speculative)
- TheRealPomax 3y agoNot sure I understand the start here: Twitch Interactive is literally a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon, in the same way that Ring and MGM+ are owned by Amazon. "Clever accounting for tax purposes" aside, it doesn't "pay Amazon" it is Amazon.
- Andrex 3y agoWhy do you keep calling it Amazone across multiple comments?
- dathinab 3y agoI which I would know I don't know how often I already ended up on amazone.de (a site selling farming equipment) or amazone.com (redirects to amazon.fr for some reason), it's quite annoying ;=)