Comment by sfmz

YT incentives are not aligned with dense/high-signal content. If you have something interesting to say -- you have to stretch it to a certain length (I think the sweet spot is 10mins?) in a desperate attempt to manipulate the recommendation engine, you then spend a few breaths begging the audience to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell; maybe even join the patreon which gives you access to the private discord channel -- then a quick word from our sponsor -- then maybe you blab a few sentences which would fit onto a 1kb notepad file.