>>117264312Monetizing videos aimed at children meant they were collecting data based on their viewing habits. Before the laws were vague but it was understood that you can't collect data online from content made for children. Youtube got away with it and their system was built around the exploit. So when the laws got strengthened and Youtube had to dump it, they just ripped out everything aimed at children so that channels that relied on ad revenue got screwed over and they went further by removing comment sections from videos aimed at children. That was also because of a previous issue with videos of real children doing things acrobatics and pedos in the comment section were leaving timestamps for others to find parts where the children were in positions that they'd got off to. It's all a mess and Youtube's methods have always been to cover their asses while ruining the channels they had been relying on for several years.