I've been thinking about recommending Steemit/Dtube to the people affected by this as well... luckily my yt channel has enough views so I'm safe (for now^^) but I can imagine how discouraging it must be to be so obviously not valued for the content you put effort and time into and the dedication many have to yt as a platform. I definitely feel like yt won't make it much longer, more and more people are realizing the platform just isn't what it once was.
RE: [Vlog] Pissed off with #YouTubePartnerProgram? Try dTube instead