Very good article.
I'm thinking about this subject for quite awhile. I don't think that you can make enough money with YouTube to be financially free. Some people can do but they are exceptions in my opinion.
You see, for a huge YouTuber, every 1 million views worth something like 200 bucks. It's something but far away from pay my bills. All that if you post "family friendly" content, if not you also have to pay lawyers and lawsuits, or deal with demonetization.
Another point, technology to create content is available for every one but not everyone are able to create such content.
Drop shipping seems to be a excellent opportunity.
I'll study more about this and would post about that too.
Thanks for the interesting read.