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by pjc50 7 days ago
None of this is about "information" (apart from the occasional serious moment, like the Juufutei Raden art education streams). It's entertainment.

> sit through a 45 minute YouTube video

This is the reverse. You have 45 minutes and need to fill it with something more interesting than staring at the wall, but not too demanding. Into that hole fits a million different possibilities for entertainment, of which streamers and vtubers are one.