Where are you getting the information that YT doesn’t pay out creators for Premium views?

Google claims they do. https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/7060016?hl=en#:~:text=How YouTube Premium supports creators,monthly membership fee with creators.

A search over Reddit would indicate creators actually make more money from premium views than regular ones, but that’s hearsay.

ESX supports any machine with an x86 CPU and at least two cores so, yes.

They definitely spurred growth in this sector to the point where they couldn’t compete anymore with the generic boxes from China. Beehive is a good option for anyone looking for an alternative.