A lot of people are echoing exactly what you just stated, there's no room for new people to succeed here is the problem. I'm new here, and after the last month of producing content here, its easy to see this platform has been totally gamed by greedy people.
I also agree with your statements about DTube, the only people making money there are the ones DTube upvotes because they have a ton of SP. The rest earn nothing for their efforts.
Either way, trying to entice new users to invest time and energy into a platform that will never benefit them is a waste of time. This platform puts absolutely no value on hard work and creativity in terms of the content produced here.