I consistently hear people on YouTube complain that the subscribe button doesn’t do anything for viewers, now that channel notifications are controlled by the bell. But it does do something: it puts the videos from that channel in your subscription feed, which is readily accessible on all versions of YouTube. So why do people act like it doesn’t exist? I think it’s super convenient, especially if you’re subscribed to a ton of channels and don’t want your notifications feed flooded with new videos.

  • @rtxn
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    131 year ago

    I have zero notifications enabled and use the sub list exclusively (about to switch to RSS), although I’m probably an outlier since I have a habit of sacrificing comfort just to stick it to big tech.