I meant that it used to be possible to just use YT/Twitch, but as those have been nickle-and-diming creators and modifying their algorithms to control what content is served, it has become harder and harder.
Eh. It's inevitable that Google would nickel-and-dime creators because YouTube is extremely expensive and lost money for many years; I'm not even sure it's profitable now. Something had to give. I suspect most YouTubers (and Twitch streamers) who've been smart about business worry less about losing money from ads and more about algorithm-driven censors age-gating their content.
