Channels that are below 1k subs are not making the views required to actually even get paid by YouTube. No-one should start YouTube for the money - it's a terrible life choice, and down to luck most of the time. But, if you succeed at it as a hobby, it can become a job.
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I really don't think you are because you've missed the point. That's not what I'm disputing. I'm saying if both videos, uploaded roughly at the same time, same tags, same sized channels, one monetised and one not, YouTube's algorithm will ALWAYS prioritise the monetised video.
Cool. Here's the thing: If you are getting enough views to be advertised by YouTube, you WILL be eligible for monetization. You are never going to have a situation where non-mon and mon videos are genuially competing. Because if they are then the non-mon will become monetized.
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Ok now we're on the same page! You're absolutely right, except that will 100% now be the case. Say I'm lucky enough to end up with 1k subs before the change so I remain eligible, say a friend just misses the brief window but then catches up a week or two later --
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At this point, I'm monetised, they're pending a review of their channel from YouTube. We could upload literally the same content and it would always be favoured to the monetised creator over the sake of a few days. They could be much more talented but would be overlooked --
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