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Re:Twitch can no longer afford to stay in South Korea by cordellwren on Saturday December 09, 2023 @09:56PM (#38588607)
Korean "homegrown" apps are usually more successful domestically. They don't need help from the government when US-based apps are years late to the game, not well localized, and not competitive feature-wise. The Youtubes and Instagrams that manage to penetrate the market are exceptions rather than the rule.
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Re:Twitch can no longer afford to stay in South Korea by unsupp0rted on Sunday December 10, 2023 @04:38AM (#38590381)
Korean "homegrown" apps have incredible government support and/or come from one of 3 or 4 BigCo's
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Re:Twitch can no longer afford to stay in South Korea by cordellwren on Sunday December 17, 2023 @05:11PM (#38676994)
You're plainly uninformed. The Korean equivalent of FAANG (네카라쿠배당토) are all completely different corporate entities, and the biggest apps outside of that are mostly startups. Also, what government support? Like specifically? Why on earth would you feel confident enough to make such claims when you clearly have no idea what you're talking about?
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