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Twitch can no longer afford to stay in South Korea

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Re: Twitch can no longer afford to stay in South Korea

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Korean "homegrown" apps are usually more successful domestically. They don't need help from the government when US-based apps are years late to the game, not well localized, and not competitive feature-wise. The Youtubes and Instagrams that manage to penetrate the market are exceptions rather than the rule.

Korean "homegrown" apps have incredible government support and/or come from one of 3 or 4 BigCo's

You're plainly uninformed. The Korean equivalent of FAANG (네카라쿠배당토) are all completely different corporate entities, and the biggest apps outside of that are mostly startups. Also, what government support? Like specifically? Why on earth would you feel confident enough to make such claims when you clearly have no idea what you're talking about?

Re: Twitch can no longer afford to stay in South Korea

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Basically all about having a homegrown solutions for South Korea, so the money flows there rather than an international corporation. What will be interesting is if that homegrown solution is also used overseas, as then other countries will have to consider whether to retaliate with a similar "tax".

You can have a homegrown solution but it won't have the content.

Most apps widely used in Korea are homegrown. They have enough content to dominate the market.
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