my channel pulls in millions of views a week from shorts to im fine in terms of algorithm standing. i got my channel monetized not using the api bot, i wrote the api one for fun. so theres nothing for me to gain by using it, especially since i haven't looked into getting monetized playbacks with the api bot.
they stick as long as they aren't all from the same ip (yes i did that to test, channel wasn't banned, just 99% drop after a day). you can get away with a surprising amount from the same ip. i had 50k botted views from a range of maybe 10 - 100 ip addresses (don't know for certain). they stuck for a months but dropped thereafter (that was an accident i thought i was obtaining unique addresses, can't really elaborate more). but they are still useful in terms of ranking, it will give your video a boost for that month (100% in search and maybe other areas if your bot is good) until the views drop. but by that time hopefully you've accumulated many legit views with your free botting! as for making an smm panel, i detest web programming. however its something i may consider in the future, but i don't currently see it happening. i'm currently working on a complete software suite for automating channel uploads, branding, descriptions, tags, more stuff, and simulated growth in some of my spare time. the money from this would far outweigh any profits form an smm panel. also smm panels are awful. they all resell each other, god knows where the services originate from. obviously i wouldn't be, however i would still be starting of with the negative connotations of being an smm panel, so theres my two cents on that.