As I understand it, that’s been the Hollywood jargon for streaming services for years.
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whats_a_refoogee@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
This is the second time I’ve seen an article incorrectly call a streaming service a “streamer”. Have they been paid off by some PR campaign to attempt to redefine the word?
koreth@lemm.ee 10 months ago
apemint@kbin.social 10 months ago
It's infuriatingly stupid. It makes me read the same sentence 2-3 times before I understand what they're trying to say.
We have a well established and clear distinction between 'streaming service' and 'streamer', why fuck with it?
What's more, it's double stupid because now both 'streamer' and 'streaming service' means "a company" AND we don't have a word for individuals streaming on the web.