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[RPGamer92]

Better than Google getting them tbh.

 

[DirgeExtinction]

So all those policy changes were done on their own and NOT by Google? Who would've thought?

 

[illusionary]

I thought Twitch was recently bought by Google? Or did that fall through?

The rumours had certainly been suggesting that it would be Google purchasing them - but clearly that's not actually happening.

 

[kick51]

Kappa

 

[SolarPowered]

Gotta say I'm glad it wasn't Google. They just tinker around too much and I can't stand all the google ID crap. Hopefully Amazon will improve things a bit for free users/streamers and make Amazon Prime even better with Twitch on board.

 

[Dead Prince]

Twitch will only be able to be watched if you have a fire device

make it happen amazon.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Hahahahahaha

Wow

 

[GluedOnBeard]

Honestly, I feel better about Amazon acquiring Twitch over Google.

Hopefully Amazon Prime members can have an ad-free experience, haha.

Probably will do that, another incentive for Prime and would be a bit like their Kindle Fire business model of buying one cheaper with ads or more expensive without.

I think this is a slightly better of still evils but unsure just what the implications are right now.

 

[adamantypants]

Holy shit.



Also, in case anybody doesn't know, Netflix runs on Amazon's servers. Their servers are up to snuff.

 

[Flarin]

Legit shook.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Wow.....wonder what this means?

Twich exclusive to Amazon Fire TV. Sorry Gen 8 consoles!

 

[ethomaz]

But google... lol

Well I'm ok with that.

 

[Ronabo]

Wow never saw that coming.

 

[Ikuu]

Holy shit.



Also, in case anybody doesn't know, Netflix runs on Amazon's servers.

http://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/ shows some of the companies using Amazon servers.

Seems like a decent move, though I'm sure we'll see mentions of Comixology.

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

Them $30 million savings.

 

[Fox318]

Twitch saved or even worse off than with Google?

This will hopefully create more competition in the Video Game streaming services space.

I say its a good thing. I don't want to see Youtube be the be all and end all for online video.

 

[Dysun]

Hopefully they undo the 2 week Archive thing

 

[strafer]

If I were the Twitch owner I would jump ship and buy a castle somewhere with all dat money

 

[Mr Nash]

Glad to see it wasn't Google who got their mitts on them. Hopefully this will breed some competition, as opposed to Google gobbling up everything.

 

[The Bookerman]

Ughhhhh... I'd rather go with Google than Amazon.


Sorry but I just can't agree that Amazon is a better company than Google.

 

[BronsonLee]

The cash thing is the only thing that strikes me as odd. Didn't know Amazon had that grip

 

[jem0208]

That was always a rumor, never official.

Oh really?


So many people talked about it I thought it was official.

Interesting.

 

[VE3TRO]

I'm actually ok with this. I hated the fact Google was attempting to get it. They messed YouTube up big time.

 

[Bolts-n-Rays1109]

Prefer Amazon over Google. Now make Twitch Turbo a part of Amazon Prime.

 

[Megasoum]

They paid 970$ Millions. Less than what was rumored from Google.

 

[NIN90]

I don't know if that's better or worse than Google.

 

[backflip10019]

Weird. Google seemed like a no-brainer because of their experience with streaming video, but Amazon seems like it came out of left field.

 

[sabertoothzombie]

I hope everyone that is saying 'better than Google' is right. I wonder how this will change things

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Amazon pissing money away here. Shareholders should be asking why.

 

[jokkir]

I don't understand the Google/YouTube part and being glad it wasn't them. Twitch is still implenting the new rules for VODS and I believe the Content ID thing. It's still in the same position as before.

 

[Plywood]

I would've asked for the full billion.

 

[Dugna]

Why did they only settle for the millions? Twitch has insane amounts of traffic shouldn't it be in the billions?

 

[CaptainTiptop]

What a twist!

 

[DizzyCrow]

Is that good or bad?

 

[Servbot #42]

That's interesting... too bad amazon's shareholders won't like this a bit, you see amazing has been losing money recently with all the shit they have produced and i bet this latest purcharse doesn't help.

 

[system11]

Better than google tbh.

I love google as a company they do top notch stuff but the google ID forced down everyones throat, especially through youtube is the WORST

Amazon did the same thing when it absorbed Lovefilm.

 

[Begaria]

So does this mean eventually streamers can set up amazon wishlists and donators can pick items off the list seamlessly and painlessly?

 

[Revven]

Well, they bought Woot (which is far more tuned toward Amazon's bread and butter - selling stuff), and that seems to have just expanded, not changed, really. Amazon's been alright with their acquisitions so far.

Well, this is very reassuring. I guess we'll see how Twitch changes in the coming months! Hope it pans out for the better in the end... than what would have happened if Google actually acquired them.

 

[Danny 117]

Great news, was worried I would have to link my Google+ account to Twitch.

 

[Gazkapop]

Much happier with Amazon than I would be with Google. General consensus of YouTubers that I follow on Twitter seems to be the same also.

 

[d0g_bear]

I said wow. Probably better for the world than google just owning everything

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

damn, and for $30 million less than google. Must've been a warehouse deal.

 

[Willy Wanka]

Amazon seem like a better fit than Google to me. That's a hell of a price tag though.

 

[Orayn]

Hopefully they undo the 2 week Archive thing

It's a non-issue now, it just takes a few clicks and entering a title/description to save the whole thing as a highlight, rather than a single click on the "Save Forever" button. Length limits on highlights were dropped.

That slight added inconvenience is enough to accomplish their goal of having fewer stored videos that are rarely or never watched.

 

[backflip10019]

Amazon pissing money away here. Shareholders should be asking why.

Well, I can seem them incorporating Twitch into Amazon's infrastructure pretty easily -- one-click buys of any games you're currently watching on Twitch, an Amazon Prime membership allowing certain advantages (video hosting, etc). It kind of makes sense.

 

[Nibel]

A better choice than Google.

 

[ChosenPredator]

I wonder what the people who left twitch for hitbox think of this lol

 

[Baroquemantic]

Would've preferred Google over Amazon. I guess this also means the content ID stuff has nothing to do with Google then like so many of the complainers thought.

Spoiler

Unless they roll back all that stuff, which is highly doubtful.

 

[CountAntonius]

Not sure gow to feel about this vs Google but cool I suppose.

 

[bobawesome]

Good on Amazon. Screw Google.