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

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Kara@kbin.social to c/technology@beehaw.org

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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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[–] 0xtero@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

great that there's a Twitch rival trying to get serious

Kick is not it though.
Their mothership Stake is crypto gambling casino and it's shady as fuck

[–] Varyag@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah, so just like any other F1 sponsor then. Honestly can't wait to see them suddenly disappear without actually playing those sponsorship deals because it was a money laundering scheme 🤣

[–] Demacish@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Like what happened to Mercedes and FTX

[–] Fearofthefamiliar@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Ah that explains why their biggest streaming category is gambling