We've made updates to the YouTube Partner Program to strengthen our community & prevent impersonators + spammers from harming our platform. We understand this affects many channels, but believe it's necessary to protect our creators. For the full updatehttps://goo.gl/T1pvG3
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This update has been in the works for awhile w/ the goal of preventing bad content (like spammers, impersonators, etc) from monetizing. While it will impact some good channels, we believe it's the best compromise to protect our community.
So now that 4000 hrs of content is a minimum you want more low quality, no content junk to spam your platform. That sounds like a smart idea.