>>>- A responsible person who wants to stay on YT can pay to promote their content on YT and/or other media. If they're monetized and want more revenue, they can also adjust their content to attract more impressions
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>>They did, and they had millions of views. And it's not the content that's stopped attracting views, it's the algorithm that changed. They have a point there.
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>YT is allowed to change their algorithms. My guess is they found they can make more money that way. The pundits are framing it as a conspiracy.

That's how they make content attractive, conspiracy sells better than "collusion" or "backroom deal". Though it is a stretch to call it conspiracy. It's just as much one as deal between a grocery chain and a large supplier to display that supplier's products prominently at eye level and the competitors near the floor. The numbers on YT may be staggering - but then we don't know the numbers for, say, PCC, Safeway or Kroger, maybe they also mean a difference in the millions a month.