I don't have an update but after reading this thread, I can tell you this is going to happen more and it's going to be the norm. This is part of the "closing window" where anyone can just make money online. Soon, you won't be able to unless you are part of the small 1-2% of expertise content creators / actual professionals. Why? Because the market is become oversaturated. Everyone is trying to do the same thing everyone else is doing and it's leading to reused content, duplication, lack of originality etc thus, they make these new rules which make it even stricter and tougher for people to just post whatever they want.
I mentioned in a different post that A.I. will single-handed oversaturate every market to weed out the humans. Better try and make whatever money you can before that time comes. This "gold rush" era of the internet is coming to a close. Only actual professionals / people with real skills and talent to create content and produce professional level stuff will make money online.