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You have a point here, but it is not the same. Monetizing software means that people have to actually "pay" for it, which is something 99% is not willing to do.
Monetizing a video is as simple as upload. 99% people is willing to "pay" for it with and Ad or with their data, because it is perceived as "free"
Nowadays trend in video creation is you are paid for it. It is very difficult to change that trend to a donation based one, for example.