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ICYMI: What’s It Like Being a Twitch Streamer?

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Is Twitch a Perfect Storm?

I used to say that Twitch was like basically a perfect example of what the gig economy is going to turn labor into in general. So all these people are beholden to Twitch for their income, but none of them work for Twitch. They don't get benefits and they don't get any of the services that employees would be able to have with an HR department. Also, you know, they take some money from the streamers that you send as tips, Twitch received some of that income. And because Twitch is goals as a platform and Amazon's goals as a corporation are continued eternal growth, it means that the bar for being successful will raise all of the time,. All of that is being

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