Dur, forgot to reply to this part!
These questions are the part that interest me! I feel like I will be more flexible with gaming systems in 2018, if only to find the best FLO alternatives. 
Twitch is on the other side of this new line in the sand, because it raises too many flags for me:
- Platform made to distract and cause addiction in humans
- Surveillance and data-mining of users
- Supports Amazon
- Relies on crap tech stack, closed whenever possible
- Doesn’t appeal to me in the best case scenario
I’ll overlook that last point if it means learning how to run my own streaming video service! Because some of us “game”, and some of us “game server”.
As for chatting, I might have a Nextcloud instance for that. Have I mentioned how I had a showerthought that Nextcloud-type systems are the new BBS? Because that is a thought I had!
If I can admit that I kinda need video games to find balance, I can also admit that I also need to know how all the gaming tech works to fully enjoy it. 