Twitch - The Rise and Fall?

The future is uncertain for the biggest live-streaming platform. This video outlines what I believe to be the five most significant issues facing Twitch.

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[majoraxx]

Unskippable ads are one of the main problems for sure.

[devingiles]

Hey, Company Man. You should definitely do a video on the decline of Hanna-Barbera. The animation studio was known for their popular cartoons such as The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, The Jetsons, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Magilla Gorilla, Jonny Quest, etc. Also, they known for their wacky sound effects we heard throughout pop culture today. I want to know how did they started and what led to their downfall. It would be great if you could do a video on Hanna-Barbera. Pretty please?

[danielw]

Twitch has given fame and tons of money to some of the most insufferable people I've seen so safe to say I'm not the biggest fan.

[olandir]

I think Twitch is like many other companies out there like Uber, Doordash, etc. These companies that have never been profitable and never will be because there's just no way to do it. A lot of streaming services are going the same way. These companies just care about "growth" and somehow think infinite growth is possible and that will get them profit "some day" but some concepts just can't turn a significant profit and the only thing keeping them afloat are larger companies or venture capitalists.

[ItsTrinton]

Twitch's real biggest issue:
1)Transcoding expenses (cut options for non partnered streams, not having a million stream in 4k to 2-3 viewers would save a ton)
2)Discovery, Twitch pushes big streams, more people will watch mid sized streams that aren't getting enough promotion
3)Advertise it better
4)Better revenue split
5)Shorter ad breaks. (you tune in to the wrong stream and get a 30s ad to start, and then a 3 min ad break and promptly nope out).

[SonicmanChannel]

Ah yes, a new company man, sucha great day!

[pogbootactual]

I appreciate how to the point your videos always are. Too many channels doing 45 minute videos with 30 minutes of useless back story before getting to the point.

[uss_]

A lot of Company Man’s videos are post Mortems but I appreciate the videos like this that provide a snapshot in time that can be visited at a later date.

[terryrds]

"this is not a complete list of all of their issues" you ain't kidding.

I remember when the Twitch Safety Advisory Council/FerociouslySteph drama went down. That was an... interesting time to be on the internet.

[hackerling]

the thing about kick's reputation in specific is that their more lax rule set has been attractive to all kinds of streamers who were banned from platforms like twitch. they'll stop offering the 95/5 split once they feel they can start skimming more from the audience and streamers after they build their foundation and audience base on that specific website. i don't hear much coming from kick outside of men supposedly hiring escorts on stream and kids irl streaming harassing people in public.
it's no joke how hard Twitch has been pushing ad revenue for streamers also, they have a whole ad manager where if you schedule ads you get a whole 55% net ad revenue split which actually does help supplement streaming income but is incredibly intrusive for anyone watching. it's no wonder people get so frustrated when even adblockers don't work on the website, so refreshing the page makes you watch yet another Doritos Gamer Max commercial lol

[thegray]

KICK is in no danger of becoming mainstream.

[fennec]

You literally forgot about the most important things that are keeping Twitch alive: Twitch Prime & Soft Nudity

[orangecatactually]

I know you touched on it, but Twitch's relationship with its streamers is definitely one of the bigger issues. People getting banned really quickly, or the 'sexism' that seems to be taking place(I don't really think it's that, but a lot of people think twitch favors women a lot over men), like Jidion and Ishowspeed getting banned from Twitch permanently for doing things that can be interpreted as misogynistic, while some female twitch streamers have gotten very light punishments for doing questionable things on camera(like [accidental, or purposeful] exposure, and in a extreme case, having sex on stream). Also twitch's policy change earlier this year regarding nudity, and their switch back, may've been a prudent point.

[dhzer]

That 95/5 ain't gonna last very long.

[LordBitememan]

Twitch streamers take heart: the 50-50 revenue split is exactly what players in the NBA and NHL receive. In they NFL players only get 48%. Gripe about the Twitch revenue split all you want, but literal pro athletes get the same deal.

Kick's revenue split reflects one thing: its streamers are just paid advertising for online casinos.

[ProfaneVestige]

I'm surprised you didn't mention more of the over sexualization on the website and the laundry list of articles concerning that. It's a far larger problem than you think

[scottnotpilgrim]

As someone who has been on Twitch for almost 9 years, they seems to get in their own way.. a lot

[immortal]

In b4 every twitch streamer reacts to this

[AmaraJordanMusic]

Your channel has started to be something I check out regularly, just on the off chance I didn’t see a new upload. I watch older content, I rewatch with my husband. When my chronic pain is acting up, your content is still digestible and I look forward to being distracted by it.

I know you have a ton of subs and views and comments, but I just wanted to put it out there in the universe! Keep up the great work!

[bingofromblueyfan]

Can you please do a video about the decline of Red Lobster as they’re planning on filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy and a video about spin master toys being bigger than you know