>>4475690
>youtube from 2008-2012
>one or two profession channels shilling courses on their website
>courses are by well known professionals
>dozens of smaller channels providing helpful demos and tutorials
>often posters on popular forums
>people openly oppose monetization, recognising it as a cancer to communities

>modern youtube
>countless talking heads shilling products and courses
>everyone has a discord server that can't be indexed or archived
>constantly trying to sell their 'brand' to advertisers

We didn't know how good we had it