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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?
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.
As I understand it, that's been the Hollywood jargon for streaming services for years. "Variety" is responsible for a bunch of those kinds of words. They even have a dictionary on their website. It's a bit out of date, but you can see they use "cabler" as shorthand for "cable channel," for example.