I do believe streamers, comedians, actors and many other profession pays too much in comparison to a lot of other profession which requires a lot more work, but that's an entirely other discussion that I don't want to get into.
You might not agree with this, which is fine. But there's no arguing they make enough money.
There is arguing. What is "requires more work". If a farmer who works 15 hour hard labor days makes less than a comedian, that is totally reasonable to me. The US is a capita-list country, not everyone makes money based on "how hard they work" and even if they did, someone who sits at a desk all day could work harder than someone who doesn't need to think and makes burgers. Completely subjective take. Being a trained entertainer takes years, costs money at school, requires talent, and acting skills your average person doesn't have. These are exceptional individuals.
People could stop subscribing altogether and the vast majority of streamers would still earn astronomically large wages
Twitch is a business. Twitch needs to make money to survive. Streaming 1080p video for 10s of thousands of streamers a day costs Twitch an enormous amount of money. Ads pay very little in comparison to server costs, computing costs... Watching a single ad an hour of watching a 1080p stream isn't even close to cancelling out the cost. To suggest that ads and sponsors make up enough to support a streaming service shows how little you know about running a streaming service.
I'm not sure if this was aimed at me or just a general thing, but I barely, if ever, watch Twitch. If anything I might use it as background sound. And I don't bother updating my adblock, so I do see ads. I'm just here for the drama and mocking degenerates who throw their money away to millionaires.
Then you aren't the target of my rant. There ARE people that advocate everyone block ads, don't sub... and watch literally thousands of hours of twitch for free. Imagine going to a movie theatre and saying: "WHY DOES THIS COST MONEY?" or complaining netflix costs money. Content with entertainers isn't "free" in life, and we're extremely privileged to live in an age where Amazon and Google can basically prop up unprofitable businesses like Youtube and Twitch. That won't always be the case.