Article 13: Should I turn on YouTube monetization? Your opinion matters

Long story short: in order to try to keep my channel online after the 22 of January due to EU law called Article 13, I am afraid that I will have to monetize the channel, even if it means losing some money on the deal. According to SocialBlade.com, my channel will only make around 70 Euros per year, and it will cost me over 600 Euro to try to keep the channel alive (not including my time and effort I put in the videos).

What is your opinion on this? Will you still watch the content if YouTube will put some commercial in front of the videos? Will it bother you so much, that you think one should rather not turn on monetization, and let them delete the channel?

In the EU they have sent out the new updated terms of services. Due to Article 13 and 11 which are two new additions to the EU copyright law there is a high chance that YouTube might delete small European channels, especially those who are not monetizing their content. Namely, YouTube is a businesses, and if they are not making money on a channel, this means that the channel presents only a loss of revenue to them. Now with Article 13 in addition to the loss of revenue it will also mean additional risk and liability. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24KM0R3hIB8