I agree with Luke's take on the big picture. I'd say the only thing he's missing is that YouTube's business model is also changing -- they have decided they want to compete with Netflix, Apple, Amazon, etc. as a general on-demand and streaming television service. So they don't care about independent, individual small creators like they once did. It's not just that they are conforming to a larger, long-term agenda to muzzle free speech, although that's certainly part of it.