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Epic vs apple trial11/22/2023 There’s an intimacy and authenticity in watching streamers trying to figure out what’s happening at the same time as people tuning in. As Gita Jackson wrote at Vice about watching Hasan Piker on election night, a big part of the appeal is Piker sorted “through exit polls and early reporting the same way I did: clicking frantically between tabs of different news sites, YouTube streams, and various chats.” It’s the same draw to streamers and personalities on those platforms as it’s always been: discovering, learning, and reacting almost as if you’re in the same room together. Streams of people’s desktops changing from the main audio window to Google as people search different terms or articles that are referenced in the case happen on the fly. It’s full-time streamers, Fortnite fans, and teens trying to discern what’s happening as it’s happening. On YouTube, Twitch, and even Discord, it’s a totally different experience. Everything is polished, manicured, and the production value is obvious. A panel of experts sitting at a fancy CNN, MSNBC, HLN, or Fox desk, finding ways to fill the time on air by having experts and pundits recap the case live on air and speculate before a verdict is handed down. Trial breakdowns and live reactions often feel tied to cable and broadcast television. They:Įmbrace the entertainment aspect of it all The best streams consistently incorporate three elements. Shifting back and forth between YouTube and Twitch streams, one eye peeled to a quickly moving Tweetdeck column, there are a few immediate distinctions between what makes one stream better than another, and what the future of livestreaming trials can look like. Being enraptured by a trial also isn’t new by any means there’s a reason that HLN throws its entire weight as a network behind covering the most salacious details of big trials across the country or true crime documentaries focused on trial hearings are popping up all over Netflix. Political commentator Hasan Piker has developed a substantial following on Twitch for doing just this. Where better to congregate with other players than on Twitch and YouTube? The trial is less about whether Apple or Epic is in the wrong - believe me, there are opinions in every chat - and more about closed off ecosystems that remove opportunity for the everyday person. On the internet, a platform founded on the very ideal that everyone should have access to information and equal opportunity, thousands of people are intently watching a trial about walled gardens operated by some of the wealthiest companies in the world. At the heart of this lawsuit, one that pits Goliath against Goliath, is a growing malaise, a surging discontent, from Davids around the world: players.
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