I don't think they are listening to the YouTubers anymore because the clips I've seen are saying exactly what we are saying here or transitioning over to B4.
Some of them say they love it, but they're driven by unearned elitism like Aztecross (though even he can't run interference for everything and admits "some" problems exist).
Thing is, I think this was a case of the YouTubers not knowing what they actually wanted. This is the game they kept asking for -- they just didn't realize this is what that looked like. They wished upon Bungie's Monkey Paw and got exactly what they continually stated they wanted. Now that it's here, they're having regrets.
Not that it matters to them in the end. They've cultivated an audience and they'll pick up a new game to panhandle with. That's how content creation works.
Glad I didnt buy that yet - it's a performance mess, memory leak on console causing frame loss the longer you play, crashes, jitters, & series S looks like a PS1 game 😂