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by Matachines 3524 days ago
esports are only popular on the internet and your colleges' video game club. While they're no doubt getting bigger, they're a tiny niche and most regular people still think they're weird. Also they seem more popular in Europe and Asia.
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While it's true video game streaming is still a tiny niche, what probably is affecting ESPN's bottom line is the number of people who would have watched sports in years past but are now eschewing any sort of passive entertainment in favor of video games.
Sure. But one is growing, one is shrinking.
The number of people who use only cash is shrinking, and the number of people who use only Bitcoin is rising, therefore ...
How many "cash startups" are there? How many bitcoin startups?
I thought we were talking about trends among users. (to draw an analogy between niches) Sounds to me like you're moving the goalposts to win an Internet argument.