This was enjoyable read, however, I think you would find better fulfillment by creating your own tribe outside of YouTube and here on Medium.

These platforms are awesome to create on, but you wanna play your game, not there’s. I only use YouTube and Medium as marketing channels, syphoning traffic to my own hub as much as possible.

If you shift your focus from platform success to building a personal community, I think you’d find more fulfillment. If it’s videos you still want to create, then using Uscreen or Vimeo OTT will be a good fit.

Just suggestions, but I understand your overall sentiment.