So Youtube made it a bit harder to be eligible for Partner Program by upping requirements to 4,000 hours watchtime and 1,000 subs in last 12 months. Just for perspective, back in 2010 they rejected my application and I had 15,400 subs and 2.1 million views!
Same as all these folks here. Just got the email saying I'm being booted out of the partner program. I can't believe they didn't grandfather us in! Shame on @TeamYouTube. I've been creating on the platform for 12 years!