You're making some ridiculous assertions that do not reflect reality in any way. If a business pays a commission to a service it utilizes, that is a cost. If th

You're making some ridiculous assertions that do not reflect reality in any way. If a business pays a commission to a service it utilizes, that is a cost. If the viewer is paying $5 and Twitch takes $2.50, it COSTS me $2.50 to participate in their system. Whereas, what you're suggesting is that the expense magically doesn't even exist, simply because you didn't need to pay it up front. Except that's not how anything works.