That would be corporate suicide. Ignoring the inevitable lawsuit (from Apple) that would result, the loss of 25% of your revenue is a sure fire way to destroy a

That would be corporate suicide. Ignoring the inevitable lawsuit (from Apple) that would result, the loss of 25% of your revenue is a sure fire way to destroy a company. Then there'd be lawsuits from your investors over that, and it becomes a whole mess. Not to be cynical, but it's also why big YouTubers have their own support person they can email with issues, while the little ones don't. It's not necessarily because YouTube (as a company) cares about them, but because the loss of ad revenue from those million+ subscriber channels would be a bad idea. People there definitely care about those YouTubers, but ultimately, YouTube as a company is dependent on those channels existing. Without them, watch times are lower, which leads to less advertising revenue, which leads to less motivated YouTubers, and so on.