Multiple creators referenced a video about why you shouldn't monetize your hobby so I got curious and watched it. Inevitably, the topic turned into how soul draining it is to serve The Algorithm.

The major point was that monetizing your hobby meant that you have to start catering to The Algorithm in order to stay relevant and on trend. You end up doing projects that you otherwise wouldn't do in order to farm views. Or you go the other way and you put out a project that you really enjoyed doing but The Algorithm can't decide who to serve the video to because the computer can't tell what it is and whether or not it's worth serving.

What a miserable existence, no? To have The Algorithm at the reins of your creativity, instead of your own self.