As one of those smaller channels, I really am grateful for all of the help you could offer. My channel has been monetized for almost 7 years now! However, my focuses are very niche. So I have around 950 subs. I can't believe, after all of this, I'm about to be fucked for having under 1k subs.

Of course, this is all done in the name of "posting inappropriate content". But there are so many channels with much more controversial content - and straight copyright infringement - that have over 1k subs. So, some 12 year old kid who just found out how to torrent music and reupload it to YouTube could end up doing fine, while I get screwed after making OC for nearly a decade.