What is happening at Envato is basically a push to one of the lowest subscription schemes Envato Elements.
Also the 10 items upload weekly limit is a joke for any serious contributor that does this full time.
I am at Envato have have sales there but because of the limits every month Pond5 and Shutterstock % income is increasing while Envato is becoming marginal. I don't upload there anymore since months because that form of tickle uploads disrupts my workflow. Also batch changing keywords etc is a nightmare.
You really need to improve in many fronts to make it a contributor friendly site.
I agree with everything you said.
Envato used to make around $250 to $300 a month but its now down to $5 to 10$ if I'm lucky.
It doesn't matter what you upload or how many the revenues are p*ss poor with sales of 1 cent.
I stopped uploading I can't be bothered with sites like this.