@Sky the Pewdipie vs T. Series things is really just a joke FYI. In one of his recent vids Pewdipie himself has said that he does not really care if T-Series passes him. He even said that he has a video ready for when T-series does pass him and jokingly said that he can't upload it yet because T-series still has not passed him.
As for rewind itself: There's a reason that it's the 2nd most disliked video in all of youtube. Of course that reason is that it's absolutely horrible. However credit where credit is due, there were like 2 things I liked about rewind overall.
1) No Logan Paul.
2) It was cool that they showed some support for youtube's animators.
That's it. My dislike list is much larger.
1) Fortnite.
Now to be fair to Youtube I did see this coming. I knew fortnite would be in rewind and I was preparing myself for the one or two minutes of cringey fortnite references. What I did not expect is for fortnite to take up 90% of the video. It was wayyyyy too much.
2) The whole "we control rewind" nonsense.
No you don't. The script was written for you stop acting like you have any power with what happens in rewind.
3) A lack of gaming representation (because fortnite doesn't count)
Since I mainly watch gaming on youtube I look forward to the little bit that represents the gaming side of youtube. Too bad Ninja was the only real "gamer" in it. Yes I know Markiplier was there but in a different context.
4) The whole "look how far this community has come" part of the video.
Look I know there were great strides made this year in terms of mental health awareness and minority representation so that's not the problem I have with this segment. No my problem is that youtube claims they have something to do it. Instead of last year where they were like "all these bad things are happening around the world but we as a youtube community will stick together and be there one another" this year they just straight said that youtube and it's youtubers had a lot to do with these strides that were made this year. Really youtube? Do you really think that? Because if you do that's just plain stupid. Sure Jacksepticeye and Markiplier raised a bunch of money through their charity livestreams but come on. Get off of your high horse youtube and face the music.
5) The whole "let's give the fans what they want part"
Great job youtube. You really accomplished that goal didn't you. It's not like rewind has almost 8.7 million dislikes and is the 2nd most disliked video on youtube or anything.