You have to understand that the main reason why experienced YouTube channel operators use SMM panels is to provide social prooffor their content.
How does social proof work?
Imagine you are visiting a new city in the United States and you want to eat at a Chinese restaurant.
You find a Chinese restaurant, but nobody's inside.
You're not from that cit so you don't know the word of mouth, and assuming that you can't access online reviews, you're going to feel stuck.
You look at the menu and everything looks awesome, but there's no other people eating there. What would you do?
Well, if you're a normal person, you probably would not eat anything.
You will leave.
Why?
You associate the absence of other diners with the probable quality of the food.
The same dynamic applies when people come across suggested videos or search for videos related to a certain niche on YouTube.
When they come across a video that has close to zero views, it doesn't matter how awesome the thumbnail is.
They couldn't care less about how relevant that that title is.
They don't even read the description.
Instead, they automatically assumed that since this video has very few views or no views at all, that is must suck.
And let's face it, we're all busy.
And you may think that a few seconds invested in playing a video is not that big of a deal, but since most people who find themselves on YouTube often look at many different videos, those few seconds add up quickly.
That's why people who see low views automatically skip the video.
This is where social proof comes in.
When you use an SMM on your channel to pump up your views, your videos look more appealing.
At the back of the head of the person considering your video is the acknowledgment that since several thousands people have already seen this video, it may be worth my time.
I already liked the thumbnail, the title is on point, and the description is awesome.
I'll give it a shot.
Do you see how this works?
This is social proof in action.
This is why I don't think SMM service providers will ever go away because whenever content consumers are faced with the type of choice I described above, social proof will be the factor that will push them off the fence.