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		mcintyre1994 on Aug 25, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon’s Twitch Acquisition Is Official What do they even think confirmed means? "Confirmed: Amazon could", "Amazon may", yep.. sounds really confirmed at that point.

derefr on Aug 26, 2014 [–]

"Before, we had only off-the-record reports from possibly-official sources that something might be happening. Now, we have off-the-record reports from definitively official sources that something might be happening. But we can't, y'know, prove that."

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