I spend far more time than I'm comfortable admitting on YouTube. But for the life of me I cannot understand the appeal of v-tubers.
To be fair I also do not see the appeal of Twitch or idols.
well, vtuber in a general term is just a normal streamer but with virtual avatar instead of irl face. Some of them do reviews, react, playing games, singing and all that. You know normal streamer stuff.
Idol streamer is like Hololive and Nijisanji. They do idol stuff in addition of the normal steaming stuff. Having huge concert, idol merches and more. I kinda get that some people found it weird about supporting idol. I kinda like that at first but watching your fav getting bigger and more popular is really fun (kinda like watching your fav sports player getting more recognition).
PS: I don't spend a lot on vtubers but when I do it's probably a cool merch or membership once in a while. (This part is actually where vtuber idols is better than real idols. Real idols stuff is expensive)