But YouTube is not very good for providing income for musicians who don't want to be predominantly 'tubers. The question here is whether it's better at pr

But YouTube is not very good for providing income for musicians who don't want to be predominantly 'tubers. The question here is whether it's better at providing income for niche musicians than the alternatives. It has always been hard to make money doing niche music. Youtube has made it much easier. Complaining that it doesn't make it profitable enough is beside the question. Some products are never going to be profitable no matter what the distribution mechanism is. For those products it may be sufficient to make it possible for an artist to recoup some costs for their hobby.