Decline of Youtube - blocked vids, fake reviews, shadow bans, clickbait, hidden dislikes etc

Youtube (which now should be called AdTube or CorpTube) has been declining as a service for years. I say this as both a user and content creator. So I’m taking a hiatus to work outside the platform on some external projects, including a book and a video game. 00:00 Review videos blocked - Fair Use in copyright 02:50 Dispute resolution limitations 04:03 Free advertising for copyright holders 04:25 Biased copyright office employees 05:28 Unfair strikes against accounts 06:05 Malicious copyright office employees 07:58 content of my 3 blocked videos 09:02 Increasing problems with YT 09:27 Corporate ads vs Indie creators 10:24 Ad revenue offers / sell outs 10:50 Fake reviews as covert ads 11:15 Corporate media prioritized in searches 12:40 Old star rating system & ratings viewable in search results 15:10 Down votes hidden enabling clickbait 17:10 Shadow banning of Full Metal Jacket review 20:50 Algorithm suppression of views on two more vids 21:40 Starship Troopers review blocked by malicious distributor employee 22:17 Is it just about political content? Not in my case 23:20 Pinned comments auto-unpinned 24:00 Replies to comments mysteriously removed 25:20 Need option to filter out corporate content in searches 26:52 Continuing transformation of platform to corporate 27:36 Stepping away from Youtube 28:00 My first book in the works 30:30 My first video game in the works 31:35 My Minecraft mods and where to get them 33:06 Learning to code 33:45 Reaching new audiences 34:30 Game development progress 36:18 A break from film analysis 37:00 Writing and directing again? 38:30 Film festival jury panel 38:50 Live Q&A event soon 39:20 Hiatus for remainder of 2023 40:18 Gameplay combat demo Regarding the Minecraft mods I made (as mentioned in the vid) you can get all six of them here They include: Ager’s Giant Junkyard Dimension Ager’s Massive Castles Ager’s Amazing Mineshafts and Miner Companions Ager’s Lushroom Biome Ager’s Mosslings and Villages Ager’s Earthquake Generator Keep up with my content without relying on YT’s unreliable notification system ... Website Patreon support will gain you access to more content Collative Learning Merchandise at Follow me on FB and Twitter for latest updates FACEBOOK: TWITTER: I also have a FB membership page - Film, game and media analysis. Join up for discussions. And check out my other Youtube channels @robag555 @agerbytes2492