Sims Channel: Help!

@simskeleton thanks for posting that! I went ahead and signed.

I may be new to my channel, but I have been studying YouTube and its platform for years. I think the only real concern for channels that do not have kids content is YouTube's implemented algorithm which will "auto-detect" content seemingly made for kids. I feel that the move is exclusively to save the company. For creators who make kids content and profit from it, they will lose ad-revenue and will be forced to go to other sources (e.g. Patreon). I don't think the suing will apply to growing creators unless they are a persistent violator of COPPA, first targeting larger channels.

For a game like The Sims, go with what the legal terms are. The Sims is and always has been defined as a T for Teen game (see complete video game ratings here), meaning it is rated for 13-year-olds or older only. That's it. If a court were to try to fine you for one of those videos, that clearly wouldn't make any sense as the source material is unable to even qualify as kids content.

As for thinking of whether or not to use YouTube, you should know that in 2018 Facebook and YouTube were two of the most used platforms across the U.S. and that video content is only growing across social platforms. YouTube may have had to make this controversial move as a result of their settlement but that does not predict the platform's usage in the future. YouTube is not going away anytime soon.