Also aside from the ethical and funding points, what do you see as the main differences between the Keonne/Bill and Sterlingov cases? Sorry for all the questions but you seem obviously very informed on this and I'm not, and I've been a bit unsure about what I've been seeing people post.

Can I ask about your case? I hadn't heard about it before.

I totally agree. Podcasts are themselves boring, so making them is 10x more boring. Most podcasters are just trying to promote something, that's their motivation.

Honestly though I just think any notion of making YouTube videos to make money is the mistake. The content isn't as pure, it puts huge pressure on the creator to spend time editing to make something which is monetisable, and worst of all, it gives YouTube something to make money from. In an ideal world, Nostr would have come along decades sooner, and video would be done in a more self sovereign self hosted way just for the love. In my opinion the creator should even be willing to pay for the storage and bandwidth. And then if other people want to share and host, let them. But most people are going to be suckered into YouTube's game with the promise of 'easy' money.