Comment by bobdvb

There are lots of platforms where people pay for their distribution, but they're not as successful.

The main problem is that smaller creators couldn't afford the true cost of hosting and indexing to the level that YT provides.

As someone who's spent many years building streaming platforms, the lack of understanding of the economics and this kind of massive over simplification is really sad.

There's no conspiracy with YT, they've built a 'wonder of the world' which has a very low barrier to entry and which has paid out billions to creators.