I think the pendulum is swinging away from Youtube. There are more choices now.

I think Youtube believes they will have plenty of... what do you call people that use google, youtube, etc? What do they call us? Anyway I think they believe they can still be successful losing users. It is becoming a huge echo chamber. When that happens they will lose influence they have been exerting on everyone. By censoring particular groups they have exposed themselves as a cult.