Kick is owned by a gambling company; and they pretty much allow anything gambling related. They use the platform as a promotion method for their sites, so they attract streamers by giving rates Twitch can't even come close to.
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Twitch is owned by Amazon one of the biggest companies in human history they are not the underdog they could give more money if they wanted.
Yes, but for a business perspective, profit gears need to be turned in one way or another. Since Amazon wants Twitch the platform itself to be profitable, the rates need to be adjusted like that to make even. Kick is pretty much part of the advertisement budget for Stake, and for big online casinos that, losing out Kick's profit isn't really a problem, as long as it drives people to them.
Well, it's quite simple really:
- Kick has very little moderation. Pirate streams and gambling streams abound on Kick
- The worst people who got banned from YouTube and Twitch continue to stream on Kick and who wants to be associated with that?
- Kick is owned by a gambling company. Seriously think about it for more than 10 seconds, the service is entirely built on AWS which costs so much even Twitch which is literally owned by Amazon can't turn a profit. Venture capital ain't handing out free money to super unprofitable companies right now so they clearly are making money somewhere, and that somewhere is gambling
Maybe it has something to do with money. From what I understand, Kick.com pays something like 95/5 to the streamer vs. 70/30 with YouTube and 50/50 with Twitch. The founders of Kick.com have shady backgrounds and they have less moderation which attracts those streamers accused of homophobic, misogynistic, and predatory behavior.
edit: corrected numbers
Many streamers on kick are predators
Kick has allowed pretty much anything to be streamed, never permanently banning people who constantly stream themselves breaking laws like drinking and driving using hate speech and among other heinous shit.
Twitch allows law breakers to stream
Extra Emily for example streamed herself running a red light which is a crime she wasn't banned. She was also streaming while driving against Twitch tos but again not banned
Hasan pike was recently standing in the road to block it that is against California law and is a dangerous illegal activity to Twitch tos yet he isn't banned.
I haven't looked into it but if it's anything like the Rumble "controversy" it's that streamers/personalities they don't like/disagree with/despise aren't immediately banned/blocked/cancelled.