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Twitch Star XQC Signs $100 Million Deal With Rival Platform(www.nytimes.com)

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After dealing with lots of bad PR from terrible decisions, Twitch now has to deal with one of its biggest streamers moving to another platform, Kick, with a deal larger than those of most athletes

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blobcat@kbin.social
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I still believe Kick will crumble to death like Mixer if it doesn’t bring enough people to their crypto gambling site to make it worth it lol

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bumbly@readit.buzz
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Was mixer Microsoft’s attempt at entering streaming?

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lunar_parking@kbin.social
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Yep, it was active from 2016-2020.

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Varyag@lemm.ee
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And now that it’s gone, I’m kinda sad that we lost it, because Twitch really needs the competition.

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