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I've been working as a video editor for the last decade -- the decline of YouTube is to be blamed on monetization and the serialization of content.
If your goal is to become a full-time YouTuber your only option is creating easily watchable and serialized content.
Anything with creativity takes too long to produce in a time frame proportional to the earnings.
And of course, because YouTube wants to make money they promote serialized content that consistently brings in views.
The worst decision YouTube has made as of late was promoting the home page above subscriptions, but that was necessary to keep viewers on the site longer.