Comment on Twitch Will Shut Down Its Streaming Platform in South Korea

• superduperenigma@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  How is remaining in an unprofitable market a “loss leader”?

  Sometimes you gotta take a small loss for the overall benefit of the company/system.

  You really don’t think Twitch did some analysis on this matter before making a decision? Or do you just figure that your uninformed assumptions about their financials are more accurate than their internal analysis?

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  • schmidtster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Negative press costs money too. There will be unforeseen costs related to this move.

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    • roguetrick@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They're leaving the market. If anything Amazon is putting a shot across the bow of the ISPs who are charging these interconnect fees to get THEM negative press and make the Korean public demand a change in the laws so they can get the Internet the pay for.

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• DeepFriedDresden@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Loss leaders work because customers will purchase other products/services. Operating in a market at a loss isn't what a loss leader is.

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• iegod@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Gaming nerds dictating how business should operate is one of the funniest things to observe.

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• glimse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I dunno man, neither of us are financial analysts for Twitch

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• Maalus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Or just remove what’s costing you so much?

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  • schmidtster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Which would cost you more in the end, so if removing it costs more, you keep it in.

    That’s what’s a loss leader is……

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  • MolochAlter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Can’t remove a tax without lobbying or breaking the law.

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    • cerement@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      • “corporation” + “bribery” “lobbying” … nope, never seen that before …
      • “corporation” + “breaking the law” … nor that one either …

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