Incredibly good breakdown of the problem... it is too bad as many publishers have already gone bankrupt, shut down, or switched to other platforms.

Summaries here from people who went:

https://mike-hardaker.com/f/i-drank-the-kool-aid-at-the-2024...

https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-ranking-update-co...

https://searchengineland.com/googles-next-update-coming-soon...

https://x.com/charlestoncraft/status/1851467133412393319

https://twitter.com/natejhake/status/1851776985724522789

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/tech/google-creators-event...

https://techraptor.net/blog/google-web-creator-conversation-...

https://goingawesomeplaces.com/google-web-creator-conversati...