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 t

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. 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.