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Twitch, the popular video streaming service, plans to shut down its business in South Korea on February 27 after finding that operating in one of the Twitch plans to shut down its business in South Korea after network costs became "prohibitively expensive" in the leading esports market.

Twitch to shut down in Korea over ‘prohibitively expensive’ network fees::Twitch, the popular video streaming service, plans to shut down its business in South Korea on February 27 after finding that operating in one of the Twitch plans to shut down its business in South Korea after network costs became “prohibitively expensive” in the leading esports market.

  • deegeese@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    32·
    11 months ago

    This is what happens when there is no net neutrality.

    Online services get extorted by ISPs to reach the subscribers who are already paying the ISP.

    In countries with network neutrality, the ISP cannot demand additional fees to deliver the content requested by a subscriber.