[Rumor] Youtube is acquiring Twitch.tv for 1 billion

Still better than FB buying Twitch ...

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I think I'll just set my bttv settings to entirely ignore all comments with "this is bob" in them.

I'm expecting youtube to hook up with Twitch.

I don't think Google will want people to pay them for being allowed to stream. Everyone would just switch to Azubu or something. Twitch earned money from advertisements and subscriptions and so will Google. It would be counterproductive for them to change anything.

That won't stop us to use Twitch, but if Youtube (with their bots) is taking control of Twitch, we can say RIP in peace to the VOD if the streamers have used some music other than the ones included in the games.

I use it waaaaay less than I used to, twitch is my new youtube.

Also... Pepperidge Farm remembers (had to do it)

I actually don't miss youtube since I stopped using it ~4 years ago.
It has become a jerkfest with all the 13 y/o tough guys shitting all over the comments section.

Even righter on brother!

I think you mean...

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I, for one, welcome our new internet overlords

Considering the fact that they got competitors in pretty much every aspect of their businesses, they can hardly be called a monopoly. They do cover a much broader spectrum than most companies though.

Good. I can pay them with Monopoly money.

A monopoly would be if they controlled all of the options of one aspect. So they would be a monopoly if they bought out every website that hosts videos, or every search engine, but right now they're just spread across a lot of digital markets.

Monopolization laws in the US? Ha, we live on monopolization.. It sucks. :\ But usually it's that sneaky monopolization, where some giant corporation owns all the small competitive ones through shell companies.

Free e-parking for all!

This isn't what classifies as monopoly as everyone already mentioned, but I wish to point out that it wouldn't matter since the US hasn't enforced such laws in awhile, but when they do, they can be paid off to "forgive" by them donating money to various competitors as "investments." It isn't a bad thing though, Apple benefited greatly from it, so did the legal system's highest I bet as well :p

Fuck Twitch.

I guess Shacknews, The Associated Press, Reuters, USA Today, and dozens of other sites are "just fishing for traffic" too since they all are reporting the same thing - long before you made your comments.