Twitch bought by... Amazon

by MerlinatoR • 26 Aug 2014, 10:28 • Journals
I guess in a surprising switch, Twitch has been bought by Amazon for around $970M. Kind of interesting I guess - Competitive streaming is probably better, imo, with google it would have been monopolised too much and could have potentially hurt it.

QuoteToday, I’m pleased to announce we’ve been acquired by Amazon. We chose Amazon because they believe in our community, they share our values and long-term vision, and they want to help us get there faster. We’re keeping most everything the same: our office, our employees, our brand, and most importantly our independence. But with Amazon’s support we’ll have the resources to bring you an even better Twitch.


twitch statement
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BOBiKA 26 Aug 2014, 11:46
So the whole "Mute sound for the whole part when you use non-authorisied music" came from Twitch itself?
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HellHammer 26 Aug 2014, 12:27
Yep, they may have wanted to "clean house" before being bought (lel) so they partnered with Audible Magic.
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HellHammer 26 Aug 2014, 12:31
That's actually good news. Better Amazon than Google.
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KareN 26 Aug 2014, 12:40
amazon is as shit as google
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Roach 26 Aug 2014, 12:40
GG Tosspot is now an Amazon employee. Google would have fucked things up just like they did with youtube.
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BOBiKA 26 Aug 2014, 13:16
Google+ in comments ahhahahaha
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miNd 26 Aug 2014, 13:25
how is youtube fucked? been using +5 years and cant really tell any difference...
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BOBiKA 26 Aug 2014, 13:28
The whole design + google+ comments
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homiee 26 Aug 2014, 13:32
indeed, although i like the current design, except for the whole comment section (and ofcourse the google+ comments as you said)
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Oxy 26 Aug 2014, 16:39
Dunno about you, but a US proxy and these two, actually make youtube fun.
http://alientube.co/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-all-html5/?src=api
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miNd 26 Aug 2014, 13:34
What kind of nerd comments on youtube?

Design is just fine. always been mixed up more or less.
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Roach 26 Aug 2014, 19:52
I wrote a whole journal about how google destroyed a perfectly good platform trying to ''improve'' it. Some nazi admin deleted it but tl;dr it's downfall started in ~2008 which gradually became worse over time.

Basically this iranian faggot who was constantly forcing design changes who has since been fired for being shit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salar_Kamangar
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Roach 26 Aug 2014, 19:44
Are you blind ?
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slajdan 26 Aug 2014, 13:34
What business plan does amazon have for twitch I wonder. ?
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Gold0raK 26 Aug 2014, 13:59
money money money
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Aniky 26 Aug 2014, 15:11
3 years to make that amount of cash out, not bad.
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Provok 26 Aug 2014, 17:45
rekt google
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KittET 27 Aug 2014, 05:35
new owner and suddenly twitch is down... jeez
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miNd 27 Aug 2014, 07:14
ddos retard
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KittET 27 Aug 2014, 13:19
ddos = website offline retard

and only someone is telling he is ddosing something that doesnt mean its true..
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yciuj 27 Aug 2014, 08:51
ddos retard
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KittET 27 Aug 2014, 13:19
ddos = website offline retard

and only someone is telling he is ddosing something that doesnt mean its true..
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yciuj 28 Aug 2014, 17:01
ddos retard
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