WOW DrDisrespect Banned permanently from Twitch

[sethnintendo]

sundin13 said:

Ka-pi96 said:

No idea who the guy is and couldn't really care less, but also think twitch look like the bad guys here. Like, whatever the guy did/didn't do let people decide themselves if they still want to support him or not. Wouldn't be half as bad if there were alternatives for him to go to, but there kind of aren't. Aren't twitch owned by the same company as youtube or something? I dunno, but it seems like all of these big internet companies are inter-linked which should surely be in violation of anti-monopoly laws... but apparently not?

Twitch is owned by Amazon

Youtube is owned by Google

Facebook Gaming is owned by Facebook

Mixer was owned by Microsoft, but has recently decided to shut down and has partnered with Facebook to migrate existing users.

So it is an oligopoly and not a monopoly.  Still doesn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling.  Not that I care about streaming business but every market in US is either a monopoly, duopoly, or oligopoly. 

There hasn't been any major breaking up since AT&T which then southwestern bell proceeded to buy up all the other Bells and allowed to be named AT&T again.  They then bought Cingular wireless and cricket for foothold in the cell industry and then was allowed to buy direct TV. 

No worries I'll just keep to myself the rest of my life and die happy in a Taco Bell hospital.

Last edited by sethnintendo - on 27 June 2020