>>58793
You're forgetting that these "free" musicians and video content creators upload to sites that use adsense royalties to make money and even they use patreon to compensate because so many people use adblock.

Even before patreon and adsense on youtube these content creators were finding ways to monetize their content through use of merchandise and sponsorship ads promoted within the videos themselves.

If someone is uploading quality content you can bet they are making money off of it somehow unless it's specifically done as just a hobby, and if they could make money off of it most choose too. That's just the way the world works.