>>21232634TLDR version;
>Bandwith has always been ridiculously expensive even with AV1 and Hevc, a problem since the 1990's>Twitch wastes absurd amounts of money, like paying $8000/month ad deals for some dude that only has 600 concurrent viewers...>Repeatedly add features that either no one asked for or make the website worse>Mobile app is an absolute dumpster fire>Prime Gaming subs cost over $100 million per year, no joke>Amazon removing blacksmith and amazon Music extensions on Twitch, only to use same tactics with Discord and Tiktok instead is a HUGE red flag on Twitch's unprofitable state>Streamers had no choice but to 'multistream' lately due to decreasing revenue from problems ranging from inflation to viewers simping less>Viewership peaked 2020-2021 but quickly declined 2024 lowest point so far>Streamers complaining that sponsorships have been paying less much more lately compared to previous years>Payouts have been getting delayed more and more on Twitch>Twitch laid off 35% of staff in 2024 alone, from 1500 to 900 staff in a year>Constant unskippable ads is a major turnoff for viewers>CEO is a boomer retard wasting money on traveling around the world, even staff are bitching about it wasting company budgetsThat's about everything I can think of for now, but yeah its a shitshow. The literal MySpace of the 2020's and we all know what happened with that cesspit lol.
