I don’t see YouTube as a money-making endeavor, so I couldn’t care less if it is profitable. I’m not at a pay grade nor in a position to concern myself with a content creator’s income, and I’d prefer to simply browse non-monetized content for free. The thing I found attractive about YouTube is that anyone can share anything for free. The very first video uploaded to YouTube was a phone-quality short video of one of its creators rambling about some elephants at the zoo. That’s the YouTube I liked and enjoyed, and I hate what it’s become. I don’t find the content that’s pushed at me to be interesting at all, at least not interesting enough that I would ever want to monetarily support it or would be willing to watch an ad.

I spent many, many hours as a mod author for Skyrim. Never did it cross my mind to attempt to make a profit. I would much prefer this type of content. I don’t really care if someone is able to turn a profit, I don’t care if a site goes down because it is unsustainable, nor do I care about consuming content for free if I am able to access it without too much trouble.

I especially don’t care if a large evil corporation like Google is able to turn a profit, and I am categorically opposed to the idea of exploiting normal people’s time and resources in their attempt at earning a profit.