Youtube and Google make money by being monopolists. They had (or in the case of Youtube, bought) a first mover advantage, grown their platforms aggressively and

Youtube and Google make money by being monopolists. They had (or in the case of Youtube, bought) a first mover advantage, grown their platforms aggressively and now they are milking the network effects. There is almost no way someone could break the monopoly by making a better video sharing platform, not even Google could do it, that's why they bought a rapidly growing market leader instead of making their own failed copycat (Google Plus, anyone?). So there is absolutely no connection between this reality and the "fair world" fantasy you describe, that could maybe apply to copyright, torrenting etc., but not adblocking on monopolistic platforms. The amount of money and ads views you generate for Google is a monopoly rent, it bears no relation to the value of the platform or its operating costs in a competitive market, or any other justifiable and "fair" income.