It just makes me sad to see thousands of young people putting in 12+ hour days making less than minimum wage on the hopes they'll someday 'make it big' and will be able to support themselves playing video games.

Very few streamers make a good living from just playing games - many of the profitable channels grew through deceptive marketing dark patterns, allowing their audience to gamble, or being porn-lite.

Streaming does have some value, but it seems like there is disproportionately large amount of wasted productivity being put towards it in the last decade.