I am not saying you are wrong, but how are you so sure that you know what the average user and creator wants? There are millions of youtube users and creators who aren't participating in whatever forum you are basing your information on. Maybe the people you hear complaining are a vocal minority.
It could be that YT is just making everything worse for everyone, but I also know they have data that you and I don't have on how people actually use their product. I don't think we can assume they are just bad at making a product just because all the people we talk to agree with us that it is bad.