YouTube is a very popular video sharing website, and some people earn their living from YouTube’s Partner Program. All someone would have to do to be eligible for the program was to get 10,000 views, but now the requirements are to get 4,000 watch hours in a 12 month span, and a total 1,000 subscribers. The change to YouTube's Partnership Program is an appropriate and much-needed revision.
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Granted, the change is excluding some creators who are unable to meet the partnership program requirements, and possibly putting them out of a job. but it won't be that impactful. Also, the whole point of the change is to kick out people like that, who can meet quantity but not quality.
Robert and Kyncal say that, "Though these changes will affect a significant number of channels, 99% of those affected were making less than $100 per year in the last year, with 90% earning less than $2.50 in the last month." (YouTube Creator Blog)
As austinmcconnell said before, the old system only encouraged quantity, and not quality (austinmcconnell) and so it can be inferred that the people who are getting kicked out of the program are the reason why the change was made in the first place.
The YouTube Partnership Program really needed these changes to patch some loopholes in their system, and to protect their community from bad content. YouTube is taking steps to ensure that their site is full of quality, inspiring content.