I think this is true, too. People on other platforms put in months and years of hard work building their audience and sharing their own content before they eventually hit the monetization tier (and how many burn out and give up before getting monetized?)

True, very true

Have you ever observed there are sometimes purchased comments and likes under the quick popularity videos/content? The life of such content is really short-lived. It eventually fades away after a burst of energy. In contrast, valued content, no matter how slow the progress, continues to live a long life.

This is an off topic debate from your very technical blog ;)
Apologies for steering away from the main agenda!