The point still stands that YouTube does pay for content, it just does so in a semi unique way. I say semi unique because revenue share is common in traditiona

The point still stands that YouTube does pay for content, it just does so in a semi unique way. I say semi unique because revenue share is common in traditional content creation as well. So it’s not like YouTube is completely alone here , though it is rare for someone to go purely revenue share. That said, YouTube has funded content creation directly as well in the past https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube_Original_Channel_Initiative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube_Original_Channel_Initi...