Streamlabs has come under fire from streamers and streaming platforms who claim Streamlabs Studios is similar to other products.
Twitch recently announced that it would be partnering with Streamlabs to launch Streamlabs Studio – allowing Xbox Twitch users to create custom overlays, alerts, and presets.
But Streamlabs has been called out by other platforms for allegedly ‘copying’ their software and marketing.
“The team at @streamlabs should be ashamed,” said Lightstream CEO Stu Grubbs. “Not satisfied enough to ride @OBSProject’s hard work. Now to copy ours down to the layout and every word on our marketing site and our UX in this product.”
The team at @streamlabs should be ashamed. Not satisfied enough to ride @OBSProject’s hard work. Now to copy ours down to the layout and every word on our marketing site and our UX in this product. https://t.co/Lot2KPh72y
— STU 🎮🎥🎙 (@StuV2) November 16, 2021
OBS (or Open Broadcaster Software) is a free and open-source streaming software which has served the online streaming community since 2012.
Streamlabs since developed SLOBS – a fork of the OBS software which is neither endorsed nor supported by the OBS team, despite the similarities in their names.
“Near the launch of SLOBS, @streamlabs reached out to us about using the OBS name,” said OBS developers via Twitter. “We kindly asked them not to. They did so anyway and followed up by filing a trademark. We’ve tried to sort this out in private and they have been uncooperative at every turn.”
Near the launch of SLOBS, @streamlabs reached out to us about using the OBS name. We kindly asked them not to. They did so anyway and followed up by filing a trademark
