While I am happy for the Twitch employees on the news of acquisition, I fear this is going to hurt the user base more than it will help it. With the recent changes to VODs and music issues, people are already starting to leave. This news could push more people to leave. We've already seen services change after being acquired by a large corporation (YouTube is an often-cited example). The best case scenario is that the extra money helps to make the service better, but history has shown that that is not always the case.
It is sad that this is a good thing. When discussions first came up I thought wow, how annoying would it be in my timeline/newsfeed to get get videos pushed there all the time?
I don't think they would do it, but they could somehow integrate Amazon accounts. I don't think that would change the platform as much as G+ accounts did to YouTube, though.
Interesting site. First thing I noticed is that it doesn't (yet) support Http Live Streaming and instead requires Flash. However, their chat is working without flash. This is opposite of what I encounter on Twitch (HTTPLS works but chat doesn't).
Another alternative is www.azubu.tv which I saw Artosis streaming from. This one supports HTTPLS but again requires Flash for chat. I'm not sure if this is solely affiliated with the pro gaming team only.
What an amazing team, and an amazing outcome. Who would have thought there was such potential in viewing gaming - and of those, how many teams would actually be able to pull it off?
At least for acquiring companies, Amazon has better reputation in keeping them as it is, instead of tearing apart and integrating into something else. Twitch is a great service though~Good luck!
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