This morning, I shared with our community in Korea that we’ve made the difficult decision to shut down the Twitch business in Korea on February 27, 2024 KST. We understand that this is extremely disappointing news, and we want to explain why we made this decision and how we are planning to support those impacted.
Ultimately, the cost to operate Twitch in Korea is prohibitively expensive and we have spent significant effort working to reduce these costs so that we could find a way for the Twitch business to remain in Korea.
Can’t remove a tax without lobbying or breaking the law.
“bribery”“lobbying” … nope, never seen that before …Correct, but those are both expensive in their own ways.
If they don’t see a return they won’t do either.