this is the very reason i never move from youtube.
yes youtube can be a shithole due to politic. But at least if your content generate view , you get pay.
Here at steemit, they bloody cut our reward and make money from our content.
I put in malaysia 60 years of numismatic history and get less than $60 from it .
My content will always have view after years .
youtube will bring you an audience. steem can not supply that right now, but if you have your own YT audience then bring them over to grow your following and as they grow so will the size of the vote they give you :-)