It’s more there’s such a over prevalence of pedophiles, groomers and general other assholes among the largest circles of streamers and YouTubers. That they all get washed with the same brush which is not fair to many such as RTGame.

But it’s also the profession at it’s highest levels isn’t actually playing games as a job. It’s being a talk show entertainer. That’s WHAT streaming is.

The video game is the stand in for the guest stars.

There is an inherent disingenuity to the whole performance. At least at the upper levels. While streaming may have started off as just gamer sharing their gameplay and what not, it’s very much not the reality of what it is anymore.

That’s why it’s not fair to paint everybody as an asshole just because they’re a streamer. It is genuinely fair to be distrustful of pretty much every streamer. So long as you’re keeping in mind that not everyone is an asshole even if they are in a horrible industry.

It’s a mentally toxic industry after all. Any form of parasocial entertainment is inherently toxic.