Look, obviously he doesn't have to do law stuff if he doesn't want to anymore. But him complaining about the fact his numbers are dropping is just ridiculous. He should have expected this. His success was a combination of the politics and philosophy he espoused at the time, and the legal content he covered. Now both of those are basically gone. I don't think this is a complicated analysis.
How would an observer define success? How would he define success? Money? Views? Fun?
If we're talking about money, that seems to be pretty obviously down from the available metrics. This goes in waves, and he knows this. The first major influx of consistent high-value superchats came during the Vic case from anime fans with far too much disposable income. However, the dual blows of the first bad hearing and the tylophone notarization fucking up all the evidence probably clamped that down. Other massive sources were the Rittenhouse and Depp trials, multi-week long national events. He also has his Locals.
How is that going now? If by some chance the anime fans stuck around after the failed Vic appeal, they and their money very recently got told to fuck off with the whole Pippa nonsense. And, although there won't be another Depp-like trial for a while, there are still other semi-interesting trials... which he doesn't seem to like covering, and which he hasn't consistently covered following a long break until this week. While he does have his Locals subscriptions, this seems to have dampened the number of superchats they send; why pay to send each message when he'll see all of them and chat with you too for one monthly fee?
If we're talking about views, the YouTube ban really took the wind out of his sails (to the point where, when he came back teasing litigation against an unknown target for the good of all, I thought maybe he was going to try the herculean task of going after Alphabet if only he could nail down a Rumble-only contract). He had a groundswell of support immediately post-ban which translated into registrations on new platforms to follow him and a successful campaign to get him unbanned. Making the most of this support and new contract, he changed the focus of his content and became Pope of the Church of Coom.
Again, now: did people stick around on the other platforms? When his YouTube channel was later restored, did they come back? Post-Coomening, would that support be possible again?
If we're talking about fun, he says he's having a lot of it. Is he though? The negative attention has got to be a major headache for him when he can't understand where its coming from. The contractual obligations, which seem to be pretty loose, might feel stifling when he just wants to do his own thing on his own schedule.
I know I'm still having fun. I don't watch the show itself anymore, but that doesn't make this any less entertaining. I'm sure others feel the same way too. In that sense, maybe he really should continue chasing fun!