To be fair it depends on what you watch. Not everybody who puts things on YouTube is so hard done by they need to tell you about the latest VPN or razor every 20 minutes. As far as YT premium goes, and the fact there are ads in the free tier - the best way to demonstrate how there are costs associated with their business model is.. at least for this audience:
You wouldn't pirate factorio, would you?
I did when I was broke and depressed and trying out new games. Got so hooked on it, that I ended up buying myself and a few copies for friends. But the quality of the game is what converted from being a pirate, but it didn’t stop me from being a pirate in the first place.
The difference is the value adding behaviour added by factorio vs the rent-seeking behaviour from every other game.