No one starts a business (if you are making income from this you are starting a business, self-employed, etc) and expects to make profit overnight, so its a null point to bring up.
People can definitely start channels with the sole intent to make money though. There are plenty of people who have. Look at any Top 10 video channel. They may enjoy the content, but I love my current job working for the man 40 + hours a week, and I expect to be paid for it, haha.
I started my channel because I love indie gaming, want to promote developers, and grow an audience. An underlying factor is that I've treated this channel like a business and have tried to put effort in like a business. Now I've had real world issues come up that caused inconsistency, but I have a plan that I am continuing to execute which I believe will help this turn into more of a business in that I will be offering various products outside of my free content on YouTube.
Nothing wrong with having a plan going in to lead to profits at some point at all.[DOUBLEPOST=1456507338,1456507254][/DOUBLEPOST]If a YouTuber wasn't worried about money, making money, etc, then YouTube itself would probaly be a NPO (non-profit organization), not run ads like they do, etc. The website is here to make money, and individuals who share content can earn money from this as well as partners in the company YouTube, who is making money on advertisement. How do people not see this?
You are a partner of YouTube, you are being paid by them to host content which people will watch in exchange for a percentage of ad revenue.