Amouranth follows xQc’s example and leaves Twitch

Kaitlyn Siragusa – You’ll recognize her as a variety show streamer amouranth– Leaves behind 6.4 million Twitch followers to make a new claim on live streaming platform Kick. Like other streamers, they are fed up with poorly communicated changes strict monetization rules and an uncomfortable, confusing one 50/50 revenue split On Twitch, Siragusa is willing to take a risk if it’s not established, but potentially more lucrative

Siragusa made the announcement in a tongue-in-cheek teaser trailer posted on Twitter on June 17th. In the video she stumbles over one New York Times Article Description of xQcs recent $100 million deal with Kick and calls her agent to request the same. A link to the brand new amouranth kick site appears at the end of the video, accompanied by a menacing orchestral sound.

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What Is step?

Kick is a streaming platform primarily aimed at the lifestyle and gaming content creators. But since the company is still in its infancy, it’s hard to say if it will succeed in taking over Twitch.

The platform is less than a year old and was created by the betting and crypto gaming magnate Ed Craven. kick is not independent to those other whimsical ventures – his high-profile business self-proclaimed gambling addict xQc suggests so – although there is no information on how exactly it is related.

All is Community Guidelines Say that “playing on Kick with other users is strictly prohibited”, but any other restrictions “depend on the laws and regulations of the country you are in”.

Twitch famously ran rough on gambling sites in 2022And at the moment prevented Prevent users from “sharing links or affiliate codes to sites that contain slots, roulette, or craps games”. Twitch has also been toying with some incredibly unpopular changes latelylike his floating change on branded content

What are the details of Amouranth’s kick deal?

“Twitch’s ‘sin’ isn’t to pressure its creators,” says Siragusa wrote in a June 19 Twitter thread.

“Your sin is to create a business model that only succeeds on a YouTube scale. […] Getting an extra share of streamer earnings is a no-brainer, and that’s not the way to break even.”

Although there have been rumors that Amouranth’s kick deal was $30 million, this rumor seems to have its origins a meme twitter account. Siragusa itself has not yet shared details of the deal; my city I asked for a comment.