"your YouTube channel is no longer eligible for monetization because it doesn’t meet the new threshold of 4,000 hours of watchtime within the past 12 months and 1,000 subscribers." so that's what youtube is doing now?
Protect the community? More like get more money for YouTube. You just put many of people out of jobs so that bigger YouTubers get more views and that gets you money. Listen to your community for gods sake.