Image via Twitch Streaming platform Kick is Twitch’s newest rival. The Amazon-owned platform has become the best place over the years for people to stream games, mostly, and saw other heavy-hitter competitors like Mixer shut down their operations.
Kick made headlines yesterday after Trainwreck, one of the longtime popular content creators on Twitch, left the platform to join Kick . “Twitch has built an empire off of our backs and has the audacity to spit in all of our faces by not only giving us no financial security, with its inconsistent policies, but by also cutting our pay in places that they have no right to cut,” he said.
Based on the reasons Trainwreck has given to justify his departure from Twitch, many were left wondering what are the differences between Twitch and Kick’s guidelines and Terms of Services (ToS). We read the policies of both platforms for you and will explain the differences in this article. The main differences between Twitch and Kick
Revenue split
Twitch has a 50-50 subscription revenue share for most content creators . A small portion of streamers retains 70 percent of the subscription revenue but Twitch has said it couldn’t offer this deal to everyone on the platform.
Kick, on the other hand, is handling 95 percent of all subscription income to Trainwreck, on top of 100 percent of the tips. “I choose to work with Kick because their investors are willing to listen to creator input to make their platform better,” Trainwreck said. “Kick understands that a successful platform starts with a successful streamer. I’ve worked with their team already to create these benefits that no other platform has.” Gambling
Twitch doesn’t allow users to share links or affiliate codes to sites where you can play slots, roulette, or dice games and has prohibited anyone from streaming these gambling sites that aren’t licensed either in the U.S. or other jurisdictions that can provide enough consumer protection. There are four famous gambling sites currently banned on Twitch: stake.com, rollbit.com, duelbits.com, and roobet.com.
Twitch streamers can still broadcast online poker, sports betting, and fantasy sports.
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