I'm very much up to speed on the situation and one doesn't have to do a thing themselves in order to comprehend it (no need to shoot yourself to know that it would hurt and damage you because there are plenty of other case studies out there to learn from, right?).
Yes, YouTube offers fantastic distribution and they host our content for free. Those are very good reasons to use it... but it doesn't entitle us to anything. They don't owe us anything at all and we have no right to make demands of them. This sort of entitlement mentality is very similar to a lot of the people on Steemit that joined early, made thousands of dollars per post, and then started complaining when the price tanked. I'm telling YouTubers exactly what I tell Steemians - go away, shop around for better alternatives, and when you come back, quit complaining about how you aren't getting enough free stuff. Relying on YouTube to automate your client acquisition process is just lazy and it makes you vulnerable to changes in the system. I'm advocating for people to take responsibility for their own business, establish their own business relationships, and quit expecting someone else to do the work for them.