@Moon @cell @lain it's not about the profit gain. YouTube would make far more money if they didn't inexplicably bow to the dinosaurs it was out-competing.

Pushing "priority creators" that people don't like isn't profitable.
Censoring non-cable-channel media isn't profitable.
Removing the dislike count isn't profitable, or good for "fighting misinformation".
Ignoring their customers isn't profitable.
Reduced relevance of search isn't profitable.

It's not about profit, they don't care about profit anymore. They're onto bigger more megalomaniacal things.

It's about being in the good graces of power, and manipulating the public, for the "greater good". It's about being a "moral" corporation, which knows better than the customer, and must "determine outcomes" for the customer, for the "greater good".

Micro-creators are too much like a free market, and cannot be prevented from spreading naughty ideas. Similar to small business, they're not compatible with control.