Over the past few months, YouTube's user experience has seemingly been on a downward spiral. Google recently ramped up its aggressive campaign against ad blockers by intentionally slowing down YouTube videos and even preventing playback for users with the extensions installed on their devices.
More recently, the video-sharing platform announced its plans to update its monetization policies. The new policies feature stricter restrictions, predominantly centered on "inauthentic content" under the YouTube Partner Program guidelines.
