Shorts $$$ will be lower for sure but it's not the same category as the long form stuff or even the money you'd get getting donation from live for example.

YouTube is a slow burn until you can Crack through your niche

youtube itself says there’s no evidence of it directly hurting. other creators laud shorts for helping long form discovery because once they watch you - you're in their algo & there are successful channels who do short & long. Even monetization is different

blog.hootsuite.com/youtube-algo...

Not actually accurate entirely. There's no evidence to that outside of long form content not being engaging & shorts shelf is better for discoverability right now.

1) www.reddit.com/r/NewTubers/...

2) youtu.be/g4n_iAeXhmg?...