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  ads are required for big channels (false) [...] everyone
  is just going to bring in their unrelated and false pet
  peeves to every discussion.

The article [1] has this direct quote from Youtube support:

  I’ve received an update from our experts stating that you
  need to enable ads for your video. Once you enable, your
  video will be available in the USA.

That's a direct quote from Youtube support about Blender's issue.

I feel your claim that this is a pet peeve that has nothing to do with Blender's issue is unfair.

[1] https://www.blender.org/media-exposure/youtube-blocks-blende...

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That quote was incorrect. See their later updates. I agree support was misinformed, this is a real issue with YouTube.

I don't see an update saying the quote is incorrect, or that the problem has been resolved - the only update I see on the article says their videos "have been blocked worldwide without explanation"

Are you looking at a different article to me?

"Last night the Youtube Support team contacted Francesco Siddi by phone. As we understand it now it’s a mix of coincidences, bad UIs, wrong error messages, ignorant support desk staff and our non-standard decision to not monetize a popular Youtube channel."

> As we understand it now it’s ... and our non-standard decision to not monetize a popular Youtube channel.

You still seem to be wrong. Or am I missing something else?

"non-standard" != "need to enable ads"

Only after months of Kafkaesque confusion and repeated inquiries were they able to obtain a deviation from what youtube is calling their standard.

Whether you want to call that an iron-clad rule or not, the face-value version of the article, and the general gist of the reactions from the comment section seem to be much closer to the truth than your portrayal of it as an "unrelated and false pet peeve."

> what youtube is calling their standard

Those seem to be the Blender team's words, not YouTube's.

>I’ve received an update from our experts stating that you need to enable ads for your video. Once you enable, your video will be available in the USA.

This is an actual quotation from Youtube support, unless you're suggesting that the Blender Foundation is lying. If what an employee of Youtube says about Youtube while representing Youtube can't be taken as evidence of Youtube policy, what can?

The Blender videos are back up without monetization, therefore the statement "ads are required for big channels" is demonstrably false.

The statement "ads are required for big channels - well, not this one, but..." is false.

This is a more true statement: "ads are required for big channels. We've unfortunately trained our support staff to lie to blender - where we supposedly have an exemption. But you don't qualify, so ads are required for your channel, if big enough."

I read that to mean that support didn't know how to deal with the situation because it's rare, not that Youtube doesn't allow that situation.

"Woopsie, we totally just accidentally blocked all your videos and then demanded payment via monetization. Total goof after you posted our demand to the internet. Yup, just the fault of that support person whose name you don't remember."

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