So it's actually the opposite of leeching.
How can this be a cost saving measure? Thats a pittance for amazon.
You make no comments on the impact of this choice beyond the nominal cost savings. Or does your lack of comment signal your perspective?
What even is your point?
Instead, this was a small group of livestreamers and community representatives that meet once a month or so, and give their personal opinion on proposed changes that Twitch brings to them.
It was glorified user research.
It doesn't sound like it was just that:
> The Safety Advisory Council's members include Dr. Sameer Hinduja, co-director of the Cyber Bullying Research Center, and Dr. T.L. Taylor, the co-founder and director of AnyKey, an organization that advocates for inclusion and diversity in video games and esports. There's also Emma Llansó, the director of the Free Expression Project for the Center for Democracy and Technology.