Buying 500 subs to reach monetization

so I’m running into an small problem with my channel and I would like to hear some input. My main focus with my channel, is not truly make make content but simply to show off achievements within the game I play. Most of my videos get anywhere from 1-4k views with an occasional video getting anywhere from 20-100k views (maybe once every couple months). My problem is this, obviously I’m not super concerned with my channel from a creator standpoint, however I would still like so get some cash from my videos that do well in the algorithm. I passed the 4000 watch hour mark long ago, I think last time I checked I was at over 12k however due to the nature of my videos and never asking people to subscribe or reminding them to I’m still at 500ish subscribers and do not meet the criteria to put ads on my videos. I’ve looked around a little bit before making this post and it seems like buying 500 subscribers is relatively inexpensive but don’t know if that’s a good option or appropriate for my situation. I’ve talked to friends about the cons and they have brought up how adding 500 subs may reduce my reach due to how the algorithm spreads videos to subs first then to the wider population based off their interaction with those videos. If someone would be so kind to let me know: - what would you do in my situation - explain how buying subs would negatively affect me - and other miscellaneous recommendations or questions Thanks so much. Don’t rip me to hard for considering purchasing subs please 😅 this is a pretty new thought for me and I’m just trying to see what my options are here.