>>2686964> when you have a 1m+ youtube channelFrom a job security perspective, you're at the mercy of Google and their algorithm. The algorithm decides that you've crossed the line, goodbye channel, see you when you get to talk to a human at Google.
> hundreds of thousands of diehard fans Fame is temporary. Before the rona nobody fucking cared about vtubers except a relatively small audience. You've heard plenty of girls saying that they were thinking of quitting vtubing already, until suddenly last year. Once everyone gets their free 5G installed with their rona vaccine, do you think it'll last? And even if it does, how long do you think Ms Pepeloni will stay popular? Another 6 months? Another year? You can't really argue that it is a stable job.
> monthly income of 50k+It's hard to actually deduce how much these women actually make from SCs. You know how much Youtube's cut is, but you don't really know how much Cover's cut is or if they take expenses out of that, and then there's income taxes. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure they're doing well, but I think a lot of the numbers people are making up are being pulled out of their ass.
Even if she does pull in $50k a month, what do you think that does to a girl her age? If she's smart she'll have a nice savings account, or wisely invested it in something for later, but at that age... Oh to have so much purchasing power to buy most of the things you want, with seemingly no brakes on the gravy train. You know these girls spend a lot by their own admittance, after all, who doesn't want a $9000 bed with the gravy train on full speed.
> it would take someone truely monumentally stupid to say "stop wasting your time on hololive and get a career"It would at this point in time, but let's say she continues doing this for another 2-3 years. The viewers start dropping, the gravy train slowly grinds to a halt, and graduation is inevitable. She might be able to get a job in entertainment, but that's just the same amount of risk again, and clearly she wasn't all that popular anymore or she wouldn't have graduated in the first place. Entering the workforce late usually doesn't look good on a resume, so she ends up in the position where she's competing against people who are younger, likely less demanding compensation wise, and with a less glaring hole in their resume.
You know this vtubing thing isn't going to last, right? Do you think Haachama would make a good OL? I personally picture her in a Familymart, heating up greasy instant meals, reminiscing of her past glories pretending to like people's disgusting feet, cringing at her Haachama-Haato saga as the microwave's incessant beeping returns her to her current reality. She puts the warm box into a plastic bag, and smiles at the customer, a former fan with clammy hands who pushes the 500 yen coins into her hands instead of into the tray. He mumbles something beneath his breath about "Haachama cooking", just out of earshot. She doesn't realize it yet, but he'll stab her on her way to the train station later that night When the police interview him he'll keep rambling on and on about pepperoni.
