[snakeyjake]

People can offer, graciously or not, you something for free.

They can then change their mind.

You are not entitled to it, you never had any “right” to it, and no force real or imagined in the universe will make that so.

I believe that payment in “exposure” is exploitative bullshit and many of my favorite video makers rely on revenue from YouTube as a not-insignificant portion of their income, so I pay.

[wrfrmers]

Terms of Service say otherwise. Until the ads came in, users absolutely had a "right" to access YouTube's services for free. I'm sorry that you misspoke.