LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LEGIT, y'all, this might be what makes me give up on long form content. I may just be a streamer from now on because this is literally fucking impossible My vids with the most watch time are already over 365 days old

This tells me they're either 1) siphoning money to the owners with no decrease in output or 2) their views are decreasing and this is temporary solution to a growing problem. If they're making the money, then this is just greed. If not, then they should be more transparent on why they're doing this.