Nearly every creator who makes money on YouTube these days takes sponsorships, which I don't mind at all. Sponsorship segments have no tracking, are very skippable, and some creators make them fun enough to be worth watching in their own right. They're integrated into the video at a logical break point (rather than interrupting at odd times), and the creator can choose to avoid a sponsor that doesn't line up with their values.

Similar methods include merch drops, writing a book and selling it through your existing fan base, and having a Patreon that you plug during the video.

All of this is preferable to the nightmarish ads that YouTube typically serves and the insane amounts of tracking they use which somehow still manages to completely miss the mark when finding topics that would appeal to me.