I don't see why Youtube doesn't just start charging per-upload to fund the human review process. I understand that at the beginning it makes sense to make uplo

I don't see why Youtube doesn't just start charging per-upload to fund the human review process. I understand that at the beginning it makes sense to make uploads free to gain market share, but now they've reached monopoly so that's no longer needed. Charging something like $1 for uploads would allow to pay human reviewers, would cut down on mis-labeled content (since humans are reviewing) and inappropriate/advertiser-unfriendly content (since the creators would be reluctant to pay if they know it'll most likely get rejected, and if they try anyway the human would catch it). $1 is also affordable enough not to hinder legitimate usage. Seems like a win to me.