The grind is real. For YouTube, your teen might be right... for now. However, you can point your teen to what's happening in the streaming space. Sure, viewers use the built-in tools for subscriptions or donations but a lot of viewers use off platform tools like Streamelements, Ko-Fi, or Fourthwall to support creators. In theory, sats can fall into that same category.

On the other hand, it's really hard for regular viewers to buy and zap sats right now. As much as I'd like to agree with you, until it's just as easy for a casual viewer to tip stats as it is to tip dollars, income based on sats will be very limited.