I agree with this, except that the reason they receive so much criticism is because of their monopoly status. If you're trying to make money from digital video

I agree with this, except that the reason they receive so much criticism is because of their monopoly status. If you're trying to make money from digital video, getting banned or even demonetized from YouTube is a death sentence on your vlogger career. So sure, I don't blame YouTube. They're likely good folks doing their best to solve hard problems. At the same time, that this is such an impossible problem to deal with is probably a good reason to make sure Google doesn't have too much monopoly power over advertising (in this case video ads). In short, the stakes are too high! They'd be lessened with more alternatives.