re: YouTube Gaming just went live

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YouTube's harsh copyright policy will prevent most the big name streamers from moving over from Twitch. Hopefully though it gets going enough to force Twitch to improve because they've become complacent without any real competition.

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Ehhh it's not much different from Twitch, Spotify like with Twitch, has a playlist that is legal for YouTube as well as Twitch.

Just like with Twitch, if you highlight a video with copyrighted music, Twitch will mute the audio automatically just like YouTube always has for their videos. So how do you get around that stuff? Both have specific playlists available that are allowed.

At the end of the day, once YouTube gets out of beta for this, the features and quality will begin the slow end of Twitch if they stand pat. Not listening to certain music while gaming, is not going to prevent people from switching to a platform that has better quality video, better encoding/stability for said video, easier donate/scam proof donations for partners, quality options for all streamers without having to be a partner, and better overall features such as the DVR and more to come post beta.

Twitch will have to get on the ball with some features and probably a UI overhaul before too long if they want to maintain viewers/streamers and not start losing them. As it stands, YTG puts it to shame, and sites like the Verge, VentureBeat, Wired, TechCrunch, basically all of your major tech sites, are in love with YouTube Gaming over Twitch. And it's still in Beta.

At the very least, this option will force Twitch to improve. And Twitch has a lot of room to improve.