First of all, I want to state that you shared a lot of facts and no one can take that away from you.
About Reseller, while his videos might be dull sometimes & constantly the same he was with the platform since the beginning and that's a factor that is going in his favor...
About the same creators getting upvoted over and over again, I can assure you this is partially correct.
I was 7 months on the platform and there was times when I was in Top 3 earners but as well there were times when I barely managed to get in Top 10!
At other times I even dropped below the top 10 (when I became de-motivated to find new ways to add value & got lazy - stopped engaging with the community)
But by all means believe me, same users are not getting upvotes all over again - cause all of us who were top users 5 months ago - there is just few of us left here now (in terms of earning) but we had to go through times of not earning even remotely close to what we were used to... and wait for others users to allocate their fair share of SP
So I think what you are speaking is not fair in a way, cause I witnessed myself (and I'm not blind) DTube building lot of STEEM accounts to the point where they'd never be able to reach without it!
As well I've seen DTube support lot of users from 3rd world countries helping them to beat hunger etc.
So is not all how you look at it... sometimes the problem lies inside of OURSELVES
Any kind of point at world you develop will eventually become your reality, if you feed it good enough
Not to mention that illusions pretty often become our reality, just because they are too strong to break
Honestly, I've been at your place - where my earning were not that good and, whilst looking at everything how you did - he earn this amount -- she earns that
I was NEVER able to actually move & BUILD myself! The true development comes when we stop observing others & actually focus on our very path!
That's where the unimaginable happens, where the magic comes... in judging others and comparing with them nothing brilliant happens - except envy in the end that pushes us in the wrong direction, low frequencies - from where we are unable to think competitively & act in a way that is beneficial for us!
I would completely understand your decision if you had some active following on youtube, but you don't. Take that into consideration and consider uploading content on DTube first and afterwards put it on Youtube!
You have nothing to lose that way.
Oh and by the way, regarding the videos disappearing. Listen brother, this is not youtube - a centralized platform focused on keeping your data so they can profit off it
This is something else, decentralization in its core & very beginnings... obviously you DO NEED to take care of your very own content, since we don't have the shit ton of resources we need at this moment to keep every single video forever
And that's normal. If that is one of the reasons you are leaving, then I'm afraid you didn't fully research this blockchain you are on and maybe you are better off it :)
(until you decide to ACTUALLY put yourself into this and see things from different perspective).
And THERE was lot of times when I stopped receiving upvotes & even if I would start falling in a trap of comparison VS others (I'm a human myself), I'd try as hard as POSSIBLE to get out of that circle as fast as I can & continue moving forward...
Improving myself in every way, adding value, finding new ways - skillsets, communication skills, story-telling, editing... better filming, engagement
Shitload of things basically... I could ramble forever, but I should better stop
Whatever you decide my man, I fully SUPPORT you :) you are appreciated and its always great to see someone speaking from the HEART! Not many are able to do that
Peace.