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I definitely think some do think their fans are cringe. Vtubing is its own subculture and you don't know your audience until after you debut.
The problem with really loving and caring about their fans is that you can't see the person behind the username and text. It would be like me going 'Hey anon I appreciate you and hope you're doing good' and expect you to remember that for our next interaction...except there's just no name and a few lines of text.
So as a whole, yes the audience is loved, but no Vtuber could tell you who that audience is beyond the username and some people do be cringe, as they say.
On the flip side the viewers problem think the entertainer they're watching is cringe too.