So I will admit my comment isn't really substantial or that relevant to this particular situation. I also didn't read either article, and probably won't.
My opinion is that anything that appears on any blog of any organization that is touting some change or improvement will always describe said change/improvement in the most charitable way possible, because it was written by the org's PR team. Because of this, I do not trust them by default, and will wait to see what actually happens when they make the change.
So through that lens, your comment saying "actually nothing will change because youtube said so" just doesn't hold up for me. Unless they are legally forced to do so, I assume that there is always something they aren't telling us, and frankly I think it's naive to take their word for it as you are suggesting.
My opinion is that anything that appears on any blog of any organization that is touting some change or improvement will always describe said change/improvement in the most charitable way possible, because it was written by the org's PR team. Because of this, I do not trust them by default, and will wait to see what actually happens when they make the change.
So through that lens, your comment saying "actually nothing will change because youtube said so" just doesn't hold up for me. Unless they are legally forced to do so, I assume that there is always something they aren't telling us, and frankly I think it's naive to take their word for it as you are suggesting.