Fair point. I think Captain Disillusion is a good example of this, his production value is extremely high with regards to visual effects for what is a fairly niche subject matter.
The budget is incredibly low; look at his Patreon. Compare this to the millions of dollars that go into a film considered “low budget”.
If CD is YouTube’s high quality content, then that is exactly the point GP was making.
Youtube offers a universal service provision, Netflix could carefully cherry-pick the top youtubers and offer them the money.