The second they ban it all the creators that can afford to will jump ship. YouTube knows the creators that can afford to jump ship are also the ones keeping their lights on
I have no idea the legal situation but I'd also imagine there'd be a safe harbour challenge in there somewhere too
Jump to where though? No other video platform is even close to the number of visitors.
We really need a credible YT alternative :(
Depends on their access to tech knowledge whether they go distributed (peertube) or find another YouTube. Wherever they go would become the new YouTube over time
Oddly enough it seems all content creators quickly attract a tech person that they later rely on and make their first hire when successful. I doubt it'd be the issue, depends what exists at the time