I can't prove it, but I think the SEC may have been on to something. There could be lots of reasons for these changes, but the simplest is that someone has a lot of LBRY coin and is destroying a website in order to induce scarcity, and increase the value of their investment. I've yet to see a single reason as to how these changes will improve the site. I also haven't seen an explanation claiming that these changes were a result of external forces. When there is no explanation offered for events, but a really obvious motive of greed... I have a small reserve of coin I could use for posting, but I think my time would be better spent looking for another site. It seems obvious that other people will be posting less and less as their reserves run out. And, new people are not going to be attracted to a site where they have jump through hoops for a week or more just to make one upload. I wish someone with more skill than me would do a fork with damn crypto coins removed, and with a browser extension to read and display directly from the protocol, so a website would be unnecessary and everyone could host their own content using an app without crypto. But, since that will never happen, time to start looking again at all the sites I previously rejected.

Perth man charged over video of fake Australian Federal Police Commissioner seeking government overthrow A Perth man has been charged as part of an investigation into a video which claimed to show the Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner calling for the federal government to be overthrown. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-02/perth-man-arrested-afp-video-impersonating-commissioner/100343078