This appears to be the source for the above claim: https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1009010581549060097 https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/100901

This appears to be the source for the above claim: https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1009010581549060097 https://twitter.com/tonroosendaal/status/1009010581549060097 > Google sent a contract to Blender Foundation in which we have to accept monetizing our Youtube channel content. and link to contract: http://download.blender.org/institute/Contract%20between%20Google%20and%20Blender%20Foundation.pdf http://download.blender.org/institute/Contract%20between%20G... The contract looks like a regular monetization contract, so the cause-effect relationship between blocking and monetization is not made clear. Why would Google single out Blender for this? Unless they had copyright concerns and needed to revshare with copyright holders, or they want to go "freemium" and make all high-view/quality videos monetized.