News - Google in discussions to acquire Twitch, say reports

[HEXUS]

The live gaming video-streaming service may be purchased for a sum over $1 billion.

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[Jowsey]

I have a really bad feeling about this

[HMS_Victory]

Google owns way too much already

[Saracen]

Google owns way too much already

Indeed. A lot of it being personal data about us all.

[crossy]

I've come to the conclusion that I'm a luddite. Basis of this is that this article covers yet another "major" service that I've never heard of - and there seem to be a lot of these "takeover of a major player" stories this year.

As such, Google can go ahead and do anything with this latest one that they want ... I just don't care. AFAIK they're no more "evil" or "virtuous" than any other similar player, be it Yahoo, Apple, Microsoft or whoever. Only exception I'll make is Oracle.

Then again, I'm a Facebook refusenik, so maybe that's proof of my ludditism...

[Torashin]

Google owns way too much already

Indeed. A lot of it being personal data about us all.

Indeed. On the other hand, this will hopefully mean the terrible lagginess will come too an end.

[Funkstar]

I'm with Crossy on this (although I am a facebook user) I know more about all these big acquisitions than I do about the services that have been bought.

[crossy]

I'm with Crossy on this (although I am a facebook user) I know more about all these big acquisitions than I do about the services that have been bought.

Phew, I thought it was just me being out of touch. Nice to know it isn't just me.

Think I'd get banned if I suggested the description "Saracenists" for the technically literate who refuse to use social networks? Certainly better than "techno anti-social".

[Saracen]

Phew, I thought it was just me being out of touch. Nice to know it isn't just me.

Think I'd get banned if I suggested the description "Saracenists" for the technically literate who refuse to use social networks? Certainly better than "techno anti-social".

No, but I'd be searching for a large piece of especially pongy haddock, and a way to locate the correct face to slap with it. And by the way, I think you just did kinda suggest it. Don't imagine you snuck that past me.

Anyway, I thought Twitching was something to do with binoculars and wild (feathered) birds?

[tribaljet]

Please don't, Google. The service works reasonably well for the time being and we certainly don't want what happened to Skype after Microsoft purchased it to happen to Twitch as well.