dystop@lemmy.world to Technology · 2 years agoTwitch Star XQC Signs $100 Million Deal With Rival Platformwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down15cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
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minus-squareClassyHatter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoXQC is doing their first stream on Kick, and the site has been down more or less the whole time.
minus-squaresznio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoHoly fuck that site is a 1:1 copy of Twitch’s frontend. Makes me wonder if that’s even legal.
minus-squareClassyHatter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years agoApparently Twitch’s source code was leaked, and Kick is “loaning” some parts of that code.
minus-squareFIST_FILLET@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoi’ve heard that they literally pay twitch for this exact clone privilege, so i think they’re in the clear
XQC is doing their first stream on Kick, and the site has been down more or less the whole time.
Holy fuck that site is a 1:1 copy of Twitch’s frontend.
Makes me wonder if that’s even legal.
Apparently Twitch’s source code was leaked, and Kick is “loaning” some parts of that code.
i’ve heard that they literally pay twitch for this exact clone privilege, so i think they’re in the clear