This is not workable in Germany. There are huge fines for running YouTube businesses without putting business details at every location your video appears on the internet.
German State administrators have sent out such fines simply because videos made in Germany (even in English) which have advertising do not carry such additional business information.
These administrators will not know, nor care if you are in the YouTube Partner Program or not. They will simply send out the fines, which could bankrupt a small hobbyist.
This affects me directly, and I would have to remove my hobby channel from YouTube if they go ahead with this.
If I were a business, the answer is no, the regulations are very strict.
But I am not a business, I'm a hobbyist. I derive no income from my channel.
By my estimation you would need at least five employees in Germany to run an online business properly, as the law that governs businesses is voluminous and bureaucratic. I could not afford to run a business.
For example, if I were a business in Germany, other YouTubers could sue me simply because I didn't follow packaging or E-waste laws in one of my videos. And that is to say nothing of surprise laws that you couldn't even predict would be laws.
Also, under German law I'd need permission from my existing employer to run a business, which they would not likely give.
German State administrators have sent out such fines simply because videos made in Germany (even in English) which have advertising do not carry such additional business information.
These administrators will not know, nor care if you are in the YouTube Partner Program or not. They will simply send out the fines, which could bankrupt a small hobbyist.
This affects me directly, and I would have to remove my hobby channel from YouTube if they go ahead with this.