I'm a little concerned by the tone of this article. It keeps talking about "punishment" by a massive corporation, which gives me dystopian chills.

I agree with the argument that Youtube does not want to monetize his content (which I've admittedly never seen). But their power should not extend beyond their website.

The author sounds upset that they can't destroy this person's own business outside of Youtube. The most that Youtube can do should be demonetizing or banning in extreme cases. Google (or any other entity) should not be the police of the entire internet.