@PresidentSunday just announced that his channel has been unexpectedly demonetized. He has my condolences (especially if he can't appeal it or have it overturned), but, at the risk of sounding like a bad guy - this doesn't seem like something the rest of us should really care about.
Just on the face of it, he's still got 21.5k loyal fans, he's still got Patreon, he's still got plenty of other platforms he can stream on or upload to, and surely he can still take independent donations through PayPal or similar. He's still got plenty of ways to make money from his cushy internet content creator job, even if the YouTube ad cheques never come back.
Theoretically, even if Sunday had no way of making money online ever again, and he had to get a 'real job' - that still wouldn't be anything to cry about. That's actually what most people do, have real jobs to earn money.
To be expected to sympathize for a YouTuber who loses their demonitzation feels to me like asking someone who rents to feel sympathy for someone whose mansion partially burns down. "Why should I cry for them, when even after their 'big loss' they still have more than me?"
I like Sunday's content. And he seems like a talented and nice enough guy from what we see of him. But with all due respect, I would have to recommend Sunday either:
- Call it quits on online content here, feeling a sense of gratitude for the fun he's had (and the money he's made) up until this point. And he can thank his audience for sticking with him this far, and possibly seek out a (similarly cushy white collar) job in the real world with his qualifications.
or
- He can keep doing YouTube and/or other online platforms. But do so for the love of making content, not out of the expectation that someone should be paid a full salary for making videos.
Personally, I just hope that whatever way forward he chooses, Sunday keeps his head up and remains positive. I mean, he's still got his fans, and presumably he enjoys making videos, and it seems like he's got a nice place to live, he's personable so presumably he has a good social life, and he's got the benefit of living in a First World country - so looking at the big picture, it seems like everything should be fine for Sunday. And I sincerely hope it will be for him.
But someone in that sort of position of socio-economic privilege losing (some) of the income they get from doing undergraduate level poli-sci and drama streams from the comfort of their home is not something I feel any sort of inclination to feel sad about.