To be fair, it is bullshit that they demonetized peoples accounts without paying them out. Most small YouTubers that monetized their accounts have no other rev

To be fair, it is bullshit that they demonetized peoples accounts without paying them out. Most small YouTubers that monetized their accounts have no other revenue streams with adSense. So when YouTube cancelled their YouTube Partner Program these people wound up with stagnant adSense accounts that were probably below the payout threshold. I tried in vain to get YT to pay out my adSense account because there would be no way for me to ever hit the payout threshold. I tried to explain that there is no difference between holding my money in escrow forever and stealing my money, but the YT reps (who were very unhelpful when I asked for resources to cancel YT Red) largely blew me off and insisted that the money was mine without recognizing that they would never let it out of their possession. It really was a sly trick and not at all in keeping with the "Don't be evil" mantra.