Twitch has ceased operations in South Korea due to high costs resulting from new 'sender pays' network rules. Livestreamers are now facing challenges in using Korean alternatives like AfreecaTV. This move has highlighted the vulnerability of creators in the platform economy.
South Korea instituted โsender paysโ network rules that have raised costs for video streaming platforms. Twitch says the rising costs made operations unsustainable, prompting it to stop doing business in the country https://t.co/kXCaYpCHfo
Earlier this week Twitch officially shut down business in South Korea, sending livestreamers into a panic https://t.co/kXCaYpCHfo
Twitchโs decision to stop doing business in South Korea has become a painful lesson in how helpless creators are in the platform economy https://t.co/kXCaYpCHfo
for @restofworld, i wrote about how streamers are dealing with twitch's sudden exit from south korea & why alternative platforms may face the same issues that twitch did, thanks to the country's complex "sender pays" network fee model https://t.co/ldy8nVgzI3
Twitch funeral: South Korean streamers mourn as the platform shuts down business in the country https://t.co/kXCaYpCHfo
As Twitch shuts down in South Korea citing high costs due to new "sender pays" network rules, livestreamers struggle to use Korean rivals like AfreecaTV (@morgan_sung / Rest of World) https://t.co/dBCg1p1S0Y https://t.co/ES3sQSYcu2
I had missed that twitch left South Korea - the og home of esports - due to amazon being cheap https://t.co/zHLQHnN04l
As Twitch shuts down in South Korea citing high costs due to new "sender pays" network rules, livestreamers struggle to use Korean rivals like AfreecaTV (@morgan_sung / Rest of World) https://t.co/Mdbe8MHDez ๐ซ Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/RxN7nPA9gB