Reach has been terrible since the ownership transfer

I know this has been happening to other people as well, but it’s been months now. My reach is absolutely horrible for short-form content. I can only gain followers and traction via live-streaming. I used to be able to get around 5k views fairly easily (even with a small following), but now my videos plateau at 300 by the end of the first day with many of them coming from followers. I cannot get lucky with the algorithm anymore and the “promote” feature is shoved down my throat every time I post. Funny thing is, I’ve gained around 9k followers over the past few months. No change in my viewership. I can only get views from streaming since it pushes my videos to people who join and people will check my profile. This is so frustrating. The content that used to do well for me was lower quality as well since I didn’t have any equipment at the time. Has anyone been able to get out of this low-view prison without paying money?