Good post, but I don't think it's really fair all the flack Youtube is catching about Adpocalypse. I'm a Youtuber as well, my revenue went down 60% to 80% and it sucked, I'm not gonna lie.
That said Youtube has provided us a lot of opportunities, they allow us to upload as much video as we want for free, give us a great platform to work on and bring us tons of traffic.
Youtube is a business and has to make money and it does so through it's advertisers. If the adpocalypse hit you how do you think Youtube feels as your missing out on 40% of that revenue, they are missing out on 60%. Also they have fixed expenses for servers and stuff where as most Youtubers don't have a ton of out of pocket expenses for Youtubing.
Nobody should ever rely on Youtube money or Adsense money for 100% of their income because even during good times things fluctuate. Every Youtuber should have multiple revenue streams selling swag, selling a course, doing coaching, Patreon, Affiliate Programs, something. You can't rely on one stream.
I've also heard a lot of people saying they are censoring. They aren't censoring they let you post whatever you want, you just can't monetize everything, you can still post it though.