{
  "type": "obituary",
  "publisher": "Rest In Print",
  "hall": "technology",
  "slug": "mixer",
  "subject": {
    "name": "Mixer",
    "maker": "Microsoft"
  },
  "born": "2016-01",
  "died": "2020-07-22",
  "cause_of_death": "shutdown",
  "cause_description": "a quiet SIGTERM at the end of a sprint",
  "notice": [
    "Mixer, born Beam, died on July 22, 2020, exactly a month after it was told. It was four.",
    "It streamed with almost no delay, which mattered a great deal to the people who were watching, and there were not enough of them.",
    "Its parent company signed some of the biggest streamers to exclusive deals. The audience did not sign anything.",
    "Its streamers were pointed to Facebook Gaming on the way out."
  ],
  "in_lieu_of_flowers": "In lieu of flowers, please raid someone smaller.",
  "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixer_(service)",
    "https://gameinformer.com/2020/06/22/microsoft-shutting-down-mixer-streaming-platform"
  ],
  "url": "https://restinprint.studio/hall/mixer"
}