ok? literally grasping at straws.
streamers making a milli a year arent the problem, which is what the point of my original post was. mega rich and bad actors like politicians are the problem. hope this helps, take care.
Your entire rhetoric is basically the 'we should improve society somewhat/yet you participate in society. Interesting!' kind of reasoning. The sort of 'any marginal action is useless if it isn't fundamentally restructuring society along a resolution of the biggest issue' take.
Don't dismiss peoples grievances with 99th percentile income earners making 20x+ the median. This is gross and applies to all industries. And especially don't dismiss how some might feel having donated to streamers that don't accurately represent their income.
There are far richer people who are also a bigger problem. All these things can be true simultaneously.
If twitch redirected some of these funds into bonuses or benefits for lower paid staff, that would be a positive, and could happen in parallel to a reduction in the share of revenue that is accrued by capital holders, for instance.
When treating a disease, often the symptoms are important both because they can be addressed in meaningful ways to the benefit of the patient, and because they can bring attention to more underlying issues.
But yes excuse me I'll get back to grasping at my straws.
Edit: Like seriously
do you never pay for entertainment ever? are you ever surprised when athletes get paid the amount they do? like what's the argument here? you guys are complaining about the symptoms, not the actual disease.
Is a fine line away from 'You boycott Activision blizzard, but are still fine buying electronics made in subhuman conditions? What's the argument here?'. To the athlete point, people can imaginably be highly critical of athlete salaries. Is it surprising that a thread about twitch is talking about streamer salaries and not athlete salaries? Really?