Yet another example of the difficult decisions teams make.<p>It does seem like the gap between shutting down and re-launch will hurt their user base, who will invariably seek other services. Many streamers had regular schedules and won't be able to indefinitely wait for the service to return.<p>And when they return, even with a different format it might address some of their problems but others will remain. Most livestreams suck because most people are not media and/or technology experts. A controversial figure broadcasting? DDOS will still happen. A massive media event using your platform? It could still lack capacity.<p>From an outside perspective it looks like this decision will be regrettable but it'll be interesting to see how everything plays out.