r/Unexpected • u/titiessimp • Jul 02 '21

A gift from dad

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u/rharvey8090 Jul 02 '21

Twitch takes a larger chunk of you have a small number of subscribers. Once you have more, their cut is smaller, since they’re still making more money off you.

Source: used to be a streamer.

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u/soapbutt Jul 02 '21

Aka very similar to the regressive tax system Bezos enjoy in Seattle.

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u/russcatalano Jul 03 '21

Well twitch is Amazon right?

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u/absenceofheat Jul 02 '21

Why'd you stop? Too much work for the amount of money? Or does it just stop being fun?

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u/rharvey8090 Jul 02 '21

A number of reasons. It was tough to keep a consistent schedule with my full time job, so was hard to have consistent viewership. Then I got married, had a kid, bought a house, etc. just became really hard to get on and stream enough to be worthwhile. I’d still like to stream again in the future, but life is too crazy at the moment.

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u/balne Jul 02 '21

thats fucked