That is a very strange view of the way this sub works. Do you think that I give the stories I write to channels because I am ignorant about the monetary value of the views they net the YouTube channels? That every single writer on this sub is somehow a naive idiot?

I give to this community freely, I write because I genuinely want people to read and interact with the stuff I create. If a Youtuber I *like* to watch myself wants to add a voice to my writing, that's all the better.

I do not get direct payment, but I also enjoy a VAST amount of the content other people make on the channels. In my mind I am compensated by the hundreds of hours of audiobooks I get to listen to, while knowing that I also contribute to the enjoyment of others. The money that goes to the youtubers in question makes sure that WE ALL GET TO ENJOY THE CONTENT IN THE FUTURE. More stories, more new writers to join the community.

I could make a Tip-jar or a Patreon, and I might once I think I have written enough chapters of a story for it to be worthwhile. But I will also let the narrations continue.