I remember when they took away everybody's YT partnerships and killed everyone's monetized accounts. So many niche content creators just gave up after that. Man

I remember when they took away everybody's YT partnerships and killed everyone's monetized accounts. So many niche content creators just gave up after that. Many of them worked for a long time to get part way to their first $100 payout from their YT partnership and then their accounts were closed. So YT basically has millions of dollars in stolen money that it keeps in escrow. So in the event you suddenly become famous they can reimburse you that $75 they strung you along for.