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The Collapse of Twitch
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79 minutes
Released:
Jun 13, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Find our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/ Join our Geneva home: https://links.geneva.com/invite/7eb23525-9259-4d59-95e3-b9edd35861a5 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ Follow our publication: https://www.instagram.com/centennialworld/ Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/ Follow Jordyn on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jordyn_christensen/ In this week’s episode, we dive into the impending demise of Twitch. While this is not necessarily our conclusion or opinion, the internet has erupted with discourse over the past few months about how Twitch is destroying itself from the inside out. We explore Twitch's estimated costs and revenue model, the declining creator and user experiences, and how two of the platform's biggest competitors could make Twitch obsolete in a number of years. Timestamps: 3:10 Shiny Happy People recap 7:31 Based on a True Story recap 9:30 Spider-Man: Across the Spider Verse 11:03 Summer House reunion recap 17:10 Colleen Ballinger scandal updates 27:44 Jaclyn Hill responds to Marlena Stell’s accusations about lipstick gate 31:35 Reddit is going “dark” to protest the company's changes to its API costs 39:52 The collapse of Twitch 40:52 Twitch backtracks on branded content guidelines after creators speak out 51:47 Twitch vs. streamers 59:50 Twitch financial breakdown 1:02:15 How Twitch makes money 1:07:45 Kitch as a competitor 1:12:17 YouTube streaming as a competitor Resources: https://twitter.com/yoottieburner/status/1667933595481305088 https://twitter.com/getwellsoon_93/status/1668062665569193984 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4YgpTezxFI&ab_channel=PaigeChristie https://centennialworld.com/jaclyn-hill-responds-marlena-stell-lipstick-gate-accusations-the-sesh-podcast/ https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754780/reddit-api-updates-changes-news-announcements https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/13ws4w3/had_a_call_with_reddit_to_discuss_pricing_bad/ https://reddark.untone.uk/ https://centennialworld.com/twitch-backtracks-branded-content-guidelines-backlash-streamers/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFctfey0EEE&ab_channel=AsmongoldTV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAFJ6YbVPPk&ab_channel=PatrickCc%3A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOfmWFr_sm4&ab_channel=DevinNash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcFVuO1RlhM&ab_channel=DevinNash
Released:
Jun 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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