Bashfluff said:
There's work involved plenty of it and you're blowing it off as nothing because you don't understand the work involved. Also blowing off the other point of the devs were already paid for the game in question so they already got the money.
I work with computers, I work with tech and you really come off as many clients I've had who don't understand the work involved and believe a website is made with a few clicks of a mouse followed by a automate button again thinking the hardest part is scanning artwork.
Your truck logic makes no sense, no one is being paid because for accidental views, these are views and subscribers, aka they come back to youtube and view their vids/ads and make youtube money. My car logic is the car/game is helping you make money, so by your logic you owe the car company money for the car helping you get to work despite you already having paid it off entirely much like the LPers with these games. But the devs deserve more money? Well the people buying the game because of the LP (Like I have) would probably account for that.
"There would be zero attraction to LPs at all if the game content itself was removed, " so talkshows, Tosh .0, sports commentators? I guess they don't deserve pay for being entertaining and just making commentary over footage that they have no involvement in. After all the football players run and get brain damage while some guy yaks into a mic.
They get paid because they get views and subs/give reason for people to come to youtube and see adverts, are entertaining enough for people to come back.
LPs have benefits to devs anyway, it makes people want to buy the game, I've bought several games off LPs and had I not seen them I'd not have paid the money. So yes the devs do get something out of it, customers, because I know I'm not the only one who's done this.
Either you're trolling or you just have no idea what work goes into these things and your opinion only has so much weight when you don't know the work involved.