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It depends on the job I'd imagine. QA probably has specific games they work on ruined for them, for example, but I doubt it hurts the hobby as a whole.

For streamers, there's a podcast I listened to where a couple answered a question a while back. They didn't say or act like it ruined things, but it definitely changed how they look at and play games. Anytime they got into something and found it enjoyable or good, they had to stop and consider of it would be good stream material and potentially drop it until they could stream it. Starting any new games came with a similar consideration beforehand. And if it's a stream game, they can't just pick up and play that game whenever for most things, and definitely can't make meaningful process while not streaming. Comes with its own varieties of headaches related to it. Still sounds like a pretty good gig to me, but I doubt I could handle the Weight of Eyes or relative lack of security with the profession.