If they tried to hire enough mods to do a quality job of it they’d be bankrupt by the end of the year. I don’t know if they’ll have enough capable volunteers for a significant fraction of the subreddits.

Twitch is hardly a profit center, streaming isn’t where you’d go to boost profits.

YouTube premium is pretty reasonably priced if you consume a lot of content on there. I probably consume a minimum of 12 hours every week not including music, so I feel I’m paying a fair price.

Premium more than covers costs, with a reasonable profit margin included. That’s what it really costs to host and serve that much data.