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Justin.tv Shuts Down Amid Reports Google Is Acquiring Twitch

Posted by Unknown on from the there-can-be-only-one dept.

An anonymous reader writes Twitch today announced that the Justin.tv website, mobile apps, and APIs are no longer in service. A very simple explanation is given for the shutdown: since rebranding the company to Twitch Interactive in February 2014, all resources are now focused on Twitch.tv. The news today will almost certainly further fuel the rumors that Google is acquiring, or has already acquired, Twitch. Purchases are often followed by consolidation, as well as cutting off any excess limbs.

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  1. Soon, a few companies will own all your base by NotDrWho · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Headline "Five Corporations Now Own Entire Internet," coming soon.

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    SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
    1. Re:Soon, a few companies will own all your base by Noah+Haders · · Score: 3, Informative

      Meme mishmash. Should be all your base are belong to five companies.'

  2. Re:Noooooooooo! by i+kan+reed · · Score: 3

    Not to worry, as soon as google cements their monopoly, you'll be free to watch any advertisement video you want. You can choose to watch the ads your friends share, or the ones that are merely placement ads in popular video series.