> They are your average Joe, with barely any special skill.
This is not true. It is no more true for streaming then for acting, hosting tv show or entertaining in bar via magic tricks or playing music. The ability to produce entertaining streams is a separate skill. Not just in game skill.
> This is something which never happened before, not at this scale.
At the time when live music was a thing, there were definitely few thousands musicians able to live from it. Which is as large scale as successful streamers seem to be.
> growing from home, with average equipment and average products
Really, no more true then about musical instruments of the past.
This is not true. It is no more true for streaming then for acting, hosting tv show or entertaining in bar via magic tricks or playing music. The ability to produce entertaining streams is a separate skill. Not just in game skill.
> This is something which never happened before, not at this scale.
At the time when live music was a thing, there were definitely few thousands musicians able to live from it. Which is as large scale as successful streamers seem to be.
> growing from home, with average equipment and average products
Really, no more true then about musical instruments of the past.