"We will bring livestreaming back": Trainwreckstv joins streaming platform Kick as advisor, claims Twitch has lost its way

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Tyler "Trainwreckstv" has announced that he is joining the streaming platform Kick as a non-owner advisor and non-exclusive streamer.

The content creator has been vocal about many Twitch policies that he considers to be anti-streamer and has been talking about starting his own streaming service for months.

In a Twitlonger shared on Twitter, Trainwreckstv revealed the reasons behind his decision to work with Kick, including its TOS policy, high subscription split (95-5), and tariff-free donations.

In the post, he levied many accusations against Twitch and claimed that he would be working towards a better streaming industry by joining Kick:

Trainwreckstv has been questioning many of Twitch's policies ever since the platform restricted gambling in October this year. As a top slots streamer, he was not happy that he had to forego his sponsorships and the right to play slots on stream.

According to the streamer, Twitch has many other policies that harm content creators, including its controversial revenue split system. The purple platform has a 50/50 subscription split. For every $5 worth of subs, a streamer only gets $2.5. The rest goes to the streaming service.

This revenue split system has been widely criticized, with many pointing out that YouTube uses a 70-30 ratio and has no issues. However, Trainwreckstv believes this is not enough:

According to him, Kick would only take 5% as its share of the revenue split from every creator. He also addressed how the platform will make it all work by using ads as the primary way to make money:

Trainwreckstv also announced that the bits donation system on Kick will not upcharge the donors:

The content creator clarified that Kick would be redoing all of its Terms of Service, which will not