The Gizmodo March Madness Challenge is in its 16th day to pick the greatest app of all time, and Yo is down! Uber will advance to the next round and will compete against one of today’s nominees. Today, we’re comparing the app of choice for streamers against one of the oldest and most reliable apps on your phone.
If you’re just tuning in, you can read all of our selection criteria for this historic match Right here. See the full list of contestants embedded below. As always, if you think we’ve missed your personal favorite app, give us a shout in the comments. Now, let’s get into today’s contestants.
As early as the mid-1990s, such as Pseudo.com by Josh Harris We tried to make online live broadcasts a reality, but the limitations of dial-up data transmission hampered their efforts. It wasn’t until two people founded Justin.tv in 2007 that the potential of live streaming was realized. As streaming video games grew in popularity on the platform, company executives saw an opportunity to spin off a dedicated gaming service called Twitch, and the web was transformed.
Twitching still this It’s a place where you can watch influencers play games and talk to themselves, but it’s also transcended its predecessor to become a place where you can stream whatever you want. It has dedicated IRL sports leagues, podcasts, eGirls, musicians, political pundits and everything in between. Through its chat and donation features, passive viewers became part of the show, and many streamers became very wealthy from a new kind of parasocial fan base. Like YouTube, this fandom carries with it the fairly pervasive toxicity one might expect from anonymous teenagers. But at its best, Twitch can be a healthy place to connect.when Play Pokémon on Twitch Together it can be magical.
In today’s game we have the calculator app to play against Twitch. Not a specific calculator, just any calculator on your phone. We all have one. Calculators have even appeared on smartphones, but the advent of smartphones has absolutely eliminated the need for most people to have dedicated digital processing devices.
So, reader, what will it be? Should Twitch continue to challenge Uber in the next round, or will the calculator’s mundane utility win the day?
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