User blog comment:Batran99/StopYoutubeRedCampaign/@comment-6812733-20151026151613/@comment-6812733-20151026194130

Corrosive, from each of those links, none of them stated that the free ad-supported version would leave. They neither said that everything becomes YT Red-exclusive, though some did state that there will be content like that. What those sites stated was that creators were "forced" to join YT Red because if they didn't, their videos wouldn't be shown in YT Red (engadnet and techcrunch stated it but not in the clearest of ways). So these creators aren't forced to produce YT Red exclusive content (as of yet anyways), they're just given the chance to give their subs a way to support them in one more way, subscribing to YT Red. Granted, it's not the best way to support the creator, but it's a way.

And it was also stated that creators who aren't monetizing their videos have nothing to worry about, they aren't important so to speak, in the eyes of YouTube Red.