@kravietz @andybalaam
My point is:

Currently, content creators only want money. We have switch from one format were people made videos besides their jobs, to a format were they want to work making videos. There is no turning back, I'm afraid.

As long as there is a single platform that pays them money, there is no hope to free, open source, unpaid platform. At least for big creators, which cope like 95% of all content out there.