Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs...
by pc86 on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @06:46PM
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Why though?
They don't own Twitch. They didn't take any of the economic risk to start it. They're not on the hook for covering its server bills if revenue craters. If they wanted to put their money where their mouth is and buy a piece of the company proper, the current owners might be open to that, who knows.
But you don't typically get to run a company you didn't start, haven't invested a dime in, and can walk away from at any moment, unless you're willing to take on some of the risk. Risk is what gets you the rewards.
Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs...
by zouhair on Thursday April 08, 2021 @01:18AM
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> They don't own Twitch. They didn't take any of the economic risk to start it. They're not on the hook for covering its server bills if revenue craters.
And yet with all the money in the World Twitch will close doors if all streamers stop streaming. Twitch is literally nothing without the streamers.
I don't know what specific fallacy is this, but stating that how it always worked does not mean it should have worked that way or that it should never change.
Twitch would not exists without content creators. Neither would exist without the other.
In that relationship Twitch has the last word on everything.
I would argue that it shouldn't be this way or at least not this one sided. Content creators should have a say on Twitch's decisions.