I argue that's not reeeaaaly quite the case.
You see, unlike playing games where you must dedicate your time to actually control the game, watching streamers is pretty much a passive activity. That means you can pretty much do whatever besides it; like eating, writing essays, editing.........and working.
The pandemic and therefore work from home jack up these VTubers phenomenon because the salary mens finally can watch them with no shame, and it's shows.
And so does us here on farms to you.
95% of the internet is a waste of time if you think about it. Just take a chill pill, troll.