[dzhiurgis]

That’s why authors should pony up and pay for the encryption feature and rest should be free to download. YouTube could embed ads this way too.

[peteforde]

That's a wildly imaginative fever dream you're having. There is no timeline in which content creators would pay YouTube to encrypt their video content.

[Almondsetat]

Here's a thought: what if paying a fixed amount to encrypt your video would grant you a much higher commission for the ads shown?