Twitch is shutting down in South Korea, which means many streamers will have to move to another streaming service if they want to continue doing what they love. In protest, some streamers went further, because what is Twitch going to do, eh?
Twitch is closing its doors in South Korea, which means several streamers will have to find a new home for their content. In protest and as a big “FU” to Twitch, a group of streamers decided to spice things up for their last day on the platform.
In December 2024, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy explained that operating costs in South Korea were far too high and therefore the Korean branch would be closed on February 27. So, as this final day approaches, streamers have been getting creative.
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With many streamers having to find either a new job or a new home for their content, many have taken advantage of the latest opportunity to post unique content that might not fit 100% with Twitch’s content guidelines.
A streamer, Daeyong2, has decided to broadcast adult games on his channel. Of course, he didn’t show everything, trying to keep some of the nudity under control with a black bar to prohibit the broadcast of the most obscene images. But on a normal day, this would have resulted in the streamer being banned immediately.
Likewise, other streamers also tried something riskier than usual. For example, Irin-Chan went live in a pretty revealing outfit, much to the surprise of her viewers.
It seems that with Twitch shutting down, these streamers have nothing to lose, which is why they went to such lengths to protest Twitch shutting down.
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On Reddit, others agreed, with one commenter writing “” and another saying “.”
Twitch may be shutting down in South Korea, but the company was just fined $300,000 for violating South Korean telecommunications law by removing VODs from the platform in the country. It looks like there might be more fines in the future for Twitch because of this, so we’ll have to wait and see if anything else pops up soon.
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