That's exactly the point. The content is already available The monetisation of the content depends on a lot of different factors, many have monetized unauthor

That's exactly the point. The content is already available The monetisation of the content depends on a lot of different factors, many have monetized unauthorized content over the years, many received money from the same unauthorized content by faking clicks and views and many avoid paying YouTube in the form of ads by using ad blockers I believe youtube-dl users amount to a maximum of a single digit percent of the above (with the digit being between 1 and 2 with 2 excluded)