>hide old videos they cannot monetize
replyAll videos are monetized. Some videos don't do rev share with the author, but YouTube still gets the ad rev.
Demonetized videos show fewer or no ads. It's something they implemented because advertisers don't want to be associated with some kinds of content.
replyI think at this point all videos have ads. Demonized videos not having ads hasn't been a thing for what feels like years.
replyDemonetized
replyBig brands don't pay the big bucks to buy placements on run-of-network channels (ie. small random channels).
replyThe videos in question are niche as heck, maybe 400 people would recognize them, if even, old 2000s forum parody song of other forum members, out of how many billions online? So yeah, ultra random channel from 2009.
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