Misleading title. It makes it seem that Mrbeast is exclusively blaming Crowdstrike which isn’t the case. They said Crowdstrike complicated the incident. Here is the quote
“It was unfortunately complicated by the CrowdStrike incident, extreme weather and other unexpected logistical and communications issues.”
Go read the original good reporting done by NYT: gift article. There are tons of details that The Verge left out.