YouTube is always facing creator backlash. I don't see anything new in this article.
For example, I'm not a fan of how the algorithm seems to prioritize clickbait (clickbait is the cancer of the internet) and longer videos. This leads people to load up their videos with filler to hit that 10 minutes length, and then sensationalize their titles, often into "questions" that the video will then fail to subsequently answer. I've had a video get a false copyright claim - it sucked, and it steered me away from making the kind of political videos that use news clips.
But there are no viable competitors, I guess because hosting video content is expensive and network effects. Facebook is probably the closest competitor, but there's too much noise and it's not really much of a search engine for videos. Tik-Tok is not a competitor - it serves an entirely different market (the one formerly served by Vine and Music.ly) of short mobile clips.
Until Youtube starts shadowbanning channels and playing a "Big Brother" censorship role, I'll continue to post there. (I've heard rumours of Youtube shadowbanning channels, but I'm not convinced that they're legitimate, though I haven't really looked into it)
Sure, quit social media if you're a robot who's sole purpose in life is to maximize your career - though I'd still argue that social media is valuable in that it enables you to expand your network and maintain/strengthen your personal connections. But even if it were the case that social media is worse for your career, a lot of us live for more than our careers.
If you find yourself constantly wasting time on Facebook during work, you just lack discipline. I don't know about you guys, but my news feed is generally pretty boring, thus I don't have the urge to keep checking it. I'm not trying to claim moral superiority here, just saying that if you have an addiction problem, you need to take responsibility and hold yourself accountable rather than blaming the tool.
Why is that the assumption?