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		tomasien on May 19, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YouTube to Acquire Videogame-Streaming Service Twi... I agree actually. I hate it when people compare things to Snapchat like Snapchat is silly (it's not) but Twitch could be HUGE. Like huge huge huge.

Maarten88 on May 19, 2014 [–]

That's what I mean. It's not a stretch to imagine average people watching Twitch for hours every day, and happily paying for it. And (e)Sports organizers using Twitch to stream/monetize their events worldwide, bypassing the networks.

There is, of course, that network neutrality issue in the US.

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