> Playing a competitive game like League of Legends at a high level for 12 hours a day while engaging/entertaining viewers is more stressful and mentally taxing than most software engineering jobs. And the median streamer isn't paid much.
Then get into SW engineering.
You probably don't have the skills to do this - as the article shows, even the vast majority of streamers can't make it work, let alone non streamers.
This isn't an argument that applies to softcore porn streamers, that's a different kind of work altogether. The dynamics of watching a good player to be entertained is different to that of lonely guys donating to someone attractive.