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Google. (YouTube) just bought Twitch

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Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#21 - 2014-05-19 08:53:00 UTC
TigerXtrm wrote:
Ramona McCandless wrote:
Who the F cares


Anyone making a living or a hobby of doing live streaming on Twitch specifically because YouTube sucks at live streaming.


So basically nobody then

Cool

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Elisk Skyforge
State War Academy
#22 - 2014-05-19 09:29:54 UTC
So now we need Google+ account to leave comments on twitch streams too?
Webvan
All Kill No Skill
#23 - 2014-05-19 09:36:43 UTC
Elisk Skyforge wrote:
So now we need Google+ account to leave comments on twitch streams too?

Wouldn't doubt it, it's pretty much a single account to use anything google.

I'm in it for the money

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Aria Jimbojohnson
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#24 - 2014-05-19 10:07:36 UTC
Webvan wrote:
Elisk Skyforge wrote:
So now we need Google+ account to leave comments on twitch streams too?

Wouldn't doubt it, it's pretty much a single account to use anything google.


Still beats Failbook or Twooter.
Val'Dore
PlanetCorp InterStellar
#25 - 2014-05-19 10:17:44 UTC
Google is the civilian NSA. They just like to make money off your dirty little secrets rather than waterboard you.

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Fleischgewehr
4S Corporation
The Initiative.
#26 - 2014-05-19 10:26:08 UTC
They blend in google ads in eve if you use the build in twitch stream client ;)
Adrie Atticus
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#27 - 2014-05-19 10:38:44 UTC
This is somewhat good in a ISP screwing sense, they don't have the balls to demand more money for "excessive bandwidth usage" from google in the US.
Webvan
All Kill No Skill
#28 - 2014-05-19 12:56:19 UTC
Aria Jimbojohnson wrote:
Webvan wrote:
Elisk Skyforge wrote:
So now we need Google+ account to leave comments on twitch streams too?

Wouldn't doubt it, it's pretty much a single account to use anything google.


Still beats Failbook or Twooter.
Twitter is ok... facebook as well as google+ is too nerdy for me. Twitter has more professional usage. I don't use twitch so doesn't effect me either way.

I'm in it for the money

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Shari Evan
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#29 - 2014-05-19 13:34:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Shari Evan
The Deal hasn't happend yet since the US regulators can block the deal.

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If the deal goes through, this would be the biggest acquisition ever for YouTube, which was itself acquired by Google in 2006 for $1.65 billion.

But there is a fair chance it may not, if U.S. regulators are not convinced that the deal isn't anti-competitive, and would not impact the industry negatively.
Orla- King-Griffin
#30 - 2014-05-19 13:53:42 UTC
Aria Jimbojohnson wrote:
Webvan wrote:
Elisk Skyforge wrote:
So now we need Google+ account to leave comments on twitch streams too?

Wouldn't doubt it, it's pretty much a single account to use anything google.


Still beats Failbook or Twooter.

i think you mean MyFace & ****er

Ah shite...
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#31 - 2014-05-19 14:10:54 UTC
Well, that sucks. Twitch has too many ads as it is.

Time to find a new streaming service then.

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ISD LackOfFaith
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#32 - 2014-05-19 15:34:17 UTC  |  Edited by: ISD LackOfFaith
Thread has been moved to Out of Pod Experience.

Interesting news. No telling what will come of it yet, I think.

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Xenuria
#33 - 2014-05-19 16:21:21 UTC
There are 2 things that you need to know about Twitch.tv


1. Setting your "game" to Dungeons and Dragons allows you to stream almost anything.
2. Upstream is capped at 3500kb/s which is just barely enough for 720 and certainly not enough for 1080.


Because of these two things sites like hitbox.tv which don't throttle your upstream are rapidly expanding as serious competitors.
The fact that Google has purchased twitch has little to do with twitch and more to do with the name and popularity of twitch. Youtube and Google already have a game streaming service that puts twitch.tv to shame. They are buying twitch so they can use the same and popularity. Twitch is selling because they know if they didn't they would be gone within a year.

Moral of the story:

Don't throttle bandwidth, Ever.

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Graabeerd Khagah
MoonFyre BattleGroup Holdings
#34 - 2014-05-19 18:01:11 UTC
Ok, now let me say this but this morning I read the news about Google buying Twitch.tv, BUT it is NOT final yet as it has to go thru regulatory processes and to determine if this would be monopolizing this particular type of service. If you're not keeping up with the technology news like I do then you're jumping the guns here.

Even tho if it did get approved by the regulatory system, there's a lot of hoops to jump thru in order for something like this to be finalized in the end product. I myself do not use any Google service and since this is coming down I will cancel my Twich.tv license as soon as I can.
Ian Morbius
Potomac Greeting Card Company
#35 - 2014-05-19 18:12:30 UTC  |  Edited by: Ian Morbius
Coming Soon! Better search results for Twitch. Youtube not so good search results. Twisted
Nariya Kentaya
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#36 - 2014-05-19 19:24:02 UTC
Shari Evan wrote:
The Deal hasn't happend yet since the US regulators can block the deal.

Quote:
If the deal goes through, this would be the biggest acquisition ever for YouTube, which was itself acquired by Google in 2006 for $1.65 billion.

But there is a fair chance it may not, if U.S. regulators are not convinced that the deal isn't anti-competitive, and would not impact the industry negatively.

>US government decides to say no
>Google decides it can take its internet services and infrastructure elsewhere, namely out of the USA

If google really wants to do something, they are big enough that our government just doesnt have the balls or the means to say no. Its not like we have Teddy Roosevelt or someone similarly competent in the office, or will ever again.
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