> It sounds like they earn just as much money, so what's the issue?
If you produce content which is of average or above length. If you produce short but informative videos, you will end up penalized under the revenue sharing model.
It's also unclear what happens to your share of revenue if you have sponsored content.
> If you produce short but informative videos, you will end up penalized under the revenue sharing model.
I'm not sure that's true. The revenue split is based on total watch time, so shorter videos will make less per view. However, short informative videos would presumably tend to be more popular than long, uninformative videos, leading to a much larger view count and a greater total watch time.
If you produce content which is of average or above length. If you produce short but informative videos, you will end up penalized under the revenue sharing model.
It's also unclear what happens to your share of revenue if you have sponsored content.