Yeah I heard some of this stuff earlier as well, it's a shame this is all happening. A lot of the handlers of V-tubers don't seem to get a lot of viewers don't see just the character, but the voice actor behind the character as being the same being, and not just a simple character but as a full blown Youtuber. Like they would see some big or small time youtuber/streamer/personality who likes to actually talk to their followers.
Personally I feel like fans wouldn't have been so put off on these new Kizunai AI's if they did what Eilene did with Moemi and Yomemi, purposely made them look similar but also quite different, so fans wouldn't get so alienated with a new voice and different mannerisms. Sure a lot of people didn't want Moemi to be replaced but a lot of them warmed up to Yomemi over time. Plus they knew Moemi wasn't replaced, she was just getting some stress taken off of her and still shows up in videos of her own.