Heads up, Creators: On Dec 13-14 you may see a noticeable decrease in your sub count as we remove spam subscriptions. If spam is removed, you'll see a YouTube Studio alert: https://goo.gl/qGDBvX This should help give you confidence that the subs you do have are real fans!
>YT channel gets monetized >YT removes "spam" subscriptions which cause channel to lose monetization "Just build up your audience and reapply!" Seems like a really slick way of screwing creators out of their earnings. GG corporate greed