European alternatives to Twitch
The dominant live-streaming platform for gaming and beyond, owned by Amazon. It runs on AWS under US jurisdiction, with Amazon's data reach behind it.
Company information about Twitch
- Company
- Twitch Interactive Inc.
- Parent company
- Amazon.com Inc.
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Founded
- 2011
- Data jurisdiction
- United States
- Ownership
- Publicly traded
- GDPR
- No
- Open source
- No
- Infrastructure
- Amazon AWS
Why people switch away from Twitch
European alternatives to Twitch
French open-source federated video platform by non-profit Framasoft. 1,800+ active instances hosting 1.3M+ videos approaching 1 billion views. No ads, no tracking, no algorithm. Host your own instance or join an existing one. Powered by ActivityPub federation.
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Why avoid United States-owned services?
CLOUD Act
Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.
FISA Section 702
Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.
GDPR vs US law conflict
EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.