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Peertube does not use YouTube's videos (unless someone mirrored it). Freetube I believe is a modified client, which grabs from YouTube. I don't know if Freetube registers views for creators, but if they do, creators get paid for views.
that's not exactly true. creators get paid for ad impressions, not for views. a client like Freetube or Libretube does not view any ads, so the creators do not get paid.
this is why some frontends and browser extensions allow you to allowlist certain channels, so that they get paid for your watching their content.
If they have an ad read in the video, like a creator saying the video is sponsored by XYZ Corp, those could also be paid based on views of the video (in addition to the ad impressions by YouTube). Those ads are handled externally from YouTube's ad platform, but they do rely on YouTube analytics and views being reported as legitimate.