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Young people don't spend money on streamers like lonely men do.

"The Youth" are on twitch to burn mom or dad's free amazon prime sub, per month.. another reason twitches numbers are "high" compared to others.

Xbox could have spent that shroud and ninja money on free subs for Xbox gold holders.. and deliver more value, like the bezos-twitch prime sub shell game

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What does an Amazon Prime subscription get you on Twitch?

One free sub to a streamer of your choice per month.

Is that not free? Sorry I use twitch purely as a way to do amateur streaming. Apparently I know very little about the viewership features.

On Twitch, "Subscribe" doesn't mean the same thing as on YouTube; it is a $5 monthly donation (except when a streamer has different tiers) that gets you no ads for that streamer and, depending on the streamer, exclusive emotes/chat room access. The typical type of subscribing where you are notified about a Streamer going live is called Following.

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