I already wrote a very lengthy post on the topic of HF21. You can read it here
Most of the top 20 witnesses are not regular content creators. They do have various ways of generating income from the content creators efforts like curation bots and bid bots.
Some of them are engaged in trying to convince the community that content creators are overpaid. It's a narrative designed to gain them additional income. IMO the changes have nothing to do with the longterm benefit of the platform and everything to do with their income.
When decent content creators get tired of decreasing return on their time and leave, there wont be much to attract people to even look at the platform and all it has to offer. That is the longterm loss we're looking at.
Dear @shadowspub
I will read your post right away. Thx for sharing link.
I'm glad to see that you accepted my invitation and you enjoyed this publication.
I only just realized that I never thanked you for your comment. Appreciate it.
Piotr