> Youtube shorts affected countless Youtubers who made their careers on the platform. They stole the target audience of regular-length videos which lead to a decrease in the watch time for longer videos. Youtube neglected its core audience in favor of increasing user retention based on a current trend. Established Youtubers like Marques Brownlee and Mrwhosetheboss had to create a secondary shorts channel to keep up with their audience.

I disagree with this. Things change, the world goes on, and you need to keep up with it. It’s not YouTube taking away their audience, it’s them not keeping up with the times (if they don’t make shorts)