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They had Mixer and gave up on it rather abruptly.

They did a deal with Facebook which is planning to launch a Twitch competitor.

Wasn't that more of a Twitch alternative than YT?

Well, YouTube also competes with Twitch, but yes. Still doesn't bode well for a YouTube competitor though.

A twitch competitor failed for what I believe will be the same reasons a youtube competitor will fail.