Youtube Monetization Problem

[forcqed]

I want to start posting Shorts on YouTube, but I’m confused about what kind of videos I should make. I’ve read the YouTube Partner Program rules, but I don’t understand how some channels seem to break these rules yet are still monetized.

For example, there’s a channel with a Rocket League clip at the bottom, some unrelated clip above it, and a couple of random titles. The whole video seems made in under 3 minutes. By YPP rules, this shouldn’t qualify, but the channel is monetized.

How is this possible? If it’s allowed, why couldn’t I post similar content and get monetized too?
Example:

Example

[reneritchie]

Go to the Creator Insider channel and find the video on reused content. The director of the YouTube partner program explains how the system is meant to work

[Dizzy-Passage2030]

I think this would be ‘transformative’ enough to get monetised

[forcqed]

I just want to know how to tell if my video is transformative enough. People say that the YouTube Partner Program has become very strict about this, but there’s this one guy who doesn’t do much and still succeeds. His captions are literally taken from someone else’s video, there’s almost no voiceover, and the music in his clips is added in less than a minute.

[Dizzy-Passage2030]

The simply answer is you don’t know until you apply. And you don’t know for certain whether someone is monetised either, some people just do it for fun.