Is Youtube Banning VPN's? + Linus Tech Tips Community Strike

What is Youtube up to? First many of our users are reporting that they are being banned from watching Youtube without Logging in. Then we have a case where Linus Tech Tips receives a community strike from Youtube because they discussed a solution to download videos from Youtube without watching ads. Is Youtube in trouble? Is it getting desperate? Even before all this, you couldn't have a home page in Youtube anymore if didn't turn on YT watch history.