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All those gambling addict's losses going straight into the multi-millionaire's pocket, fuck yea I love capitalism, let's race to the end faster with AI late stage buddies.

[–] handhookcardoor@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s insane, Kick must be desperate, wow.

[–] nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

They are run by a gambling company, basically one of the infinite money glitches irl. They just want to be able to advertise their gambling service and twitch hit them hard.

[–] FartSmarter@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For reference Ninja’s deal with Mixer was reportedly $50m

[–] handhookcardoor@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And I feel like that marked the end of his time in the public view.

[–] ClarkZuckerberg@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I think that might be more of a coincidence. He had a look, and he had a persona, and he was great at Fortnite. But as Fortnite has waned in popularity, it was sure that Ninja would as well.

[–] Die4Ever@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

why would you keep doing your job once you get that much money lol, fuck that I'm retiring after the contract is over

[–] iSharted@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What does this have over twitch? Are they less uptight about rules etc?

[–] inbano@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The main point that always is brought up is allowing gambling/slot streaming, but yeah what you said is more or less on point (gambling gets brought up because of it direct ties to the owners/sponsors/investors with such sites).

[–] iSharted@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

So they're just kicking everyone in the balls and hoping coins fall out. Risky bet...

[–] kartonrealista@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So they're worse and just a way for those streamers to foster addiction and promote gambling to children? That's amazing

[–] Jck2905@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Truly scum business behavior.

[–] rhokwar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, I thought the days of streamers receiving huge contracts to join a platform were over. I’m sure having xQc streaming on Kick will be beneficial, but is it really $70 million beneficial? Facebook and Youtube have both paid a ton of money to get big streamers from twitch, but I don’t feel like that moved the needle much.

[–] bobbysq@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Kick seems to be getting more attention from streamers moving of their own accord than Facebook or Mixer did, at least. I doubt it'll go a lot better than Mixer in the long run, but it's at least better for everyone on Twitch if they have competition to worry about.

[–] Richie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm still hesitant to sign up on Kick from what happened with Mixer and Facebook. Not to mention, nobody is going to Kick without a Kick-specific contract. No streamer is just gonna wake up and be like, "Lemme jump to Kick and rebuild my audience from scratch just for funsies."

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