In addition to Ludwig and TimTheTatman, who have ventured a switch from Twitch to YouTube, other streamers also comment on the topic.
Top streamer Ludwig Ahgren wasn’t the first famous creator Twitch lost to YouTube. TimTheTatman dared to make the switch back in September. Now the latter has made it public that he had the same motives as Ludwig.
Never felt loved by Twitch
So the main reason, he said, was that when the contemplated switch was broached at Twitch, there seemed to be no urgency to keep Creator with him at all costs. “I’ve never felt particularly loved by Twitch,” Ludwig said in a statement video following the switch news.
TimTheTatman responded to this statement in one of his streams, “Of course I had my own decision path. But I was on Twitch for a total of eight or nine years and – same storyline. “
Looks like even @timthetatman had a similar story line as Ludwig when it came to leaving Twitch for YouTube Gaming.
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– Wicked Good Gaming (@WickedGoodGames) November 30, 2021
Pokimane and Valkyrae on motives
The recent switch was also used by streamers Pokimane and Valkyrae to talk about the pros and cons of both platforms. “On YouTube, you feel like you represent the platform,” Valkyrae, who switched platforms back in January 2020, commented in one of her recent streams. “I never had that feeling on Twitch. YouTube wants to treat me well and work with me. “
Streamer Pokimane, on the other hand, has made a conscious decision to stay on Twitch. She said she was faced with the decision of switching about two years ago, but made a conscious decision to stay with the stream chat and culture that would suit her more on Twitch.
(Pokimane explains to her Twitch chat why she chose Twitch as her streaming platform.)
However, she does not rule out a future switch to the red-coloured platform, but does not make this dependent on money or treatment, but rather on what suits her current life situation better.
