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In 2019, YouTube mutilated the publicly indicated channel subscriber count to three digits.

They claim it is to ensure consistent appearance across all devices. To me, this sounds like a childish excuse.

What do you think is the actual reason they did so?

In 2019, YouTube mutilated the publicly indicated channel subscriber count to three digits. They claim it is *to ensure consistent appearance across all devices*. To me, this sounds like a childish excuse. What do you think is the actual reason they did so?

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Because 6,000,000 hurts their feefees and 666K makes them happy.

Poal has the same thing, but we haven't reached 4 digit upvotes yet lol

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But YouTube also removed the full count from their API.

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That's what you get when you hire shitholistani with H-1B visa to code and they can't read more than 3-digit values.