I'm confused at this argument, you're saying that since it's easy to steal the content we should assume it's youtube's fault for trying to charge for it?

I imagine most things that people pay money for they'd prefer to get for free, but that's not an actual option on the table.

YouTube provides a service you can either pay for with money or attention, and sure if people don't think it's a worth while expenditure of either then by all means they shouldn't watch it.

Why are you assuming YouTube should provide their service for no compensation?