Our society is better when the things that are available are available to everyone, not just the privileged. I don't see why accommodations for the disabled are considered some unnecessary burden; they should be considered a cost of doing business, for everyone who does business.

Yes, business.

This wasn't business. There were no profits to divert into making better subtitles.

And the ratio of effort between making a recording versus making a recording and then manually subtitling it is completely out of whack compared to the ratio you have in full produced works. There's a reasonable level of accommodation, and the reasonable level is below a doubling in costs.

I'm someone that would significantly raise the subtitling requirements on youtube if I could. But in this case I just don't feel it.

I suggest a course in economics and the a rereading of my post a year from now.