It's true, in 2022, a line of videos could be matched up to any curriculum complete with a comments section for full collective discussions and insights. Interesting things about videos is, you can replay them 200 times over if you like. There is a bit of a game on, no employer really has a way to recognize the knowledge of an internet media junkie. Getting a degree does have a certain proof of work ethic and persistence about it. Converting knowledge into money is typically done via an employers, although, that doesn't always have to be the case.
When I was in high school, it was just before the birth of You Tube. I'm not even sure if Google was in existence yet, if it did it was it had no salience with me yet. I'm thinking, I sure could have used a back door or two for knowledge access.