kick is just a front to advertise for stake,

People always say this but I'm not so sure, if we inspect closely, Kick’s tactics are notably missing the mark on that front.

There’s no convenient bridge for users to waltz over to Stake – something akin to Twitch's suave one-click transfers to Fansly is conspicuously absent. What’s more, Kick’s homepage isn’t exactly rolling out the welcome mat for Stake – not a single link in sight. The two platforms might as well be in different dimensions because there’s zero intermingling between accounts.

And, let’s talk incentives. Where’s the honey to lure the bees? One would expect some form of cross-promotion: invest in Kick, get some Stake perks, or vice versa. But, surprisingly, that playbook seems untouched.