• conciselyverbose@kbin.social
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    7 months ago

    Yes, Twitch absolutely has a monopoly on live streaming. They own the whole market and the hardware that is required for economy of scales to work.

    Twitch not allowing nudity is exactly identical to MasterCard refusing to process porn. They are abusing their market share to prevent businesses they don’t like from being possible. They aren’t subject to the First Amendment and I never claimed they were. You’re the one who brought up speech that courts have repeatedly ruled is not protected by the first amendment and the government is permitted to explicitly take action on as “protected speech” they would have to allow if they were held to the antitrust law that prevents them from abusing their market position, and I threw it out as the obvious irrelevant nonsense it was.

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      7 months ago

      Well, that was a fucking lie

      All the streamers I watch livestream on YouTube, and even when moving away from YouTube twitch isn’t on their list

      And that’s not even getting into data, which also proves it’s not a monopoly

      Way to gaslight to shovel bullshit tho

      And no, twitches stance on nudity has fuck all to do with Mastercards take on nudity, because Mastercard isn’t hosting, promoting, or advertising the content. And they’re certainly not targeting their products to children, again twitch’s main demographic