YT has been going downhill in many ways for 10 years now. Upgrades that were actually downgrades, year after year. Functions removed. Virality controlled. G+ required to comment.
Hell, they went as far as to make my ratings stop counting. First, about 4 years ago, my downvotes stopped registering. Then about 2 years ago, my upvotes went too.
The censorship is rampant and blatant. It's like they aren't playing a long game anymore. They know we know they're up to no good, and they know we can't stop them... yet. Steemit is a gamechanger just like internet-at-home was 25 years ago.