There is no accounting for people's tastes. "Amateur" YT'ers may be upset about Google de-emphasizing their vids on the Recommended panel, but I'd wager that there is a significant audience that absolutely despises the low-quality, middle-school level "drama" content that fills the "Trending" page.

I appreciate early YT's role in bringing unconventional content to the fore, but we are way past that point. People are on YT today to make money. That is why so many videos are the same formulaic garbage as cable TV, just tweaked to reflect YT "culture":

"Kids react to [something]"

"I was almost arrested [NOT CLICKBAIT]"

"[thumbnail with screaming face]"

"Feminist cringe compilation No. 2535366"