This isn't about you, it's about people who make videos for you. YouTube's competitive advantage is their ability to pay video makers, not their video playback

This isn't about you, it's about people who make videos for you. YouTube's competitive advantage is their ability to pay video makers, not their video playback tech. And to make a competitor that has any kind of traction, this problem needs to be solved in a more reasonable way than "I'll somehow find a way to pay someone maybe".