You're going off into the land of expenses rather than making money. Paying for promises.
What I was talking about was pretty straightforward and the people interested already spend that money anyway, so this is a better deal to them. They just need to know about it.
And yeah Derrick is another one that doesn't bring attention or money to his own work here. These tools are sitting on the table to be used in this fashion for him as well and he doesn't need permission. All these content creators generating outside interest and attracting money the way I mentioned would be doing it for themselves and supporters, not "The Hive Community."
Every content creator has a door they could open. But instead it stays shut. And the focus is placed on attracting amateurs that need to be reminded plagiarism is bad. WTF?
I agree there are other avenues to explore and you mentioned that. All these options added on can only help.