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by redserk 486 days ago
That’s just looking at theoretical costs but completely ignores the actual revenue side.

If they annoy the most active streamers to the point they leave to another site, why should a viewer stay at Twitch versus just using another site?

I’m assuming some of these accounts bring in far more than the $500-1000 it costs to host old video.

Going from an unknown limit down to 100 hours with little notice shows how shortsighted Twitch was here.