User blog comment:CJAviation/YouTube's newest monetization changes/@comment-30477094-20180122190924/@comment-26247925-20180122200840

People who have under 1000 subscribers and less than 4000 hours of watch-time are not likely to get much money anyway. This is not depriving full-time YouTubers. Also, it's to stop people with a couple hundred subscribers to post a shocking video and gain money from it. You have to be committed to earn money. It's a filter that works.