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i've heard many YouTuber's complain that YouTube is unsubscribing their subscribers

also, in order to know whether someone you follow has published new content, you typically have to visit their channel or website and, if there is no new content, you just wasted a bit of time

there's a much better way...

news feeds are an excellent way to subscribe to blogs, websites, YouTube or other video channels, etc., and have everything presented in a unified interface without having to visit each and every site

to subscribe to news feeds, you'll need a feed reader - some email clients (Thunderbird) have a rudimentary reader built-in, but i might suggest finding an extension for your web browser instead - if you're using Firefox, check out (he may have ported that to Chrome/Chromium as well, i dunno)

what probably many aren't aware of is that sites like YouTube, BitChute, Vimeo, Odysee (LBRY) and others all create RSS feeds for each and every channel and no one is prevented from accessing them and, unlike subscribing the 'normal' way, you cannot be unsubscribed (if you're thinking these feeds won't last long, they've been around as long as YouTube has)

in the case of YouTube, you need the ID of the channel you want to follow, not the channel name - so in the case of channel, the channel name is JonnaJinton, but the channel ID is UCAk3t7WHs2zjsZpopox8Taw

to grab the ID, load any one of her videos, like

right below the video title is her name, Jonna Jinton, and if you mouse over her name you'll see a link to her channel which contains the channel ID...

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAk3t7WHs2zjsZpopox8Taw

...right click that link, copy the URL and paste it somewhere

using this template...

https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=<channel_id>

...replace <channel_id> with the actual channel ID...

https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCAk3t7WHs2zjsZpopox8Taw

... and you have the URL to which you can add to your feed reader

you can also subscribe to many other sites that don't advertise news/RSS feeds - for more, see:

i've heard many YouTuber's complain that YouTube is unsubscribing their subscribers also, in order to know whether someone you follow has published new content, you typically have to visit their channel or website and, if there is no new content, you just wasted a bit of time there's a much better way... news feeds are an excellent way to subscribe to blogs, websites, YouTube or other video channels, etc., and have everything presented in a unified interface without having to visit each and every site to subscribe to news feeds, you'll need a feed reader - some email clients (Thunderbird) have a rudimentary reader built-in, but i might suggest finding an extension for your web browser instead - if you're using Firefox, check out [Smart RSS Reader by zakius](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/smart-rss-reader/) (he may have ported that to Chrome/Chromium as well, i dunno) what probably many aren't aware of is that sites like YouTube, BitChute, Vimeo, Odysee (LBRY) and others all create RSS feeds for each and every channel and no one is prevented from accessing them and, unlike subscribing the 'normal' way, you cannot be unsubscribed (if you're thinking these feeds won't last long, they've been around as long as YouTube has) in the case of YouTube, you need the ID of the channel you want to follow, not the channel name - so in the case of [Jonna Jinton's](https://www.youtube.com/user/JonnaJinton) channel, the channel name is `JonnaJinton`, but the channel ID is `UCAk3t7WHs2zjsZpopox8Taw` to grab the ID, load any one of her videos, like [Living with the Dark Winters in Sweden](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zTR4ayDG38) right below the video title is her name, Jonna Jinton, and if you mouse over her name you'll see a link to her channel which contains the channel ID... `https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAk3t7WHs2zjsZpopox8Taw` ...right click that link, copy the URL and paste it somewhere using this template... `https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=<channel_id>` ...replace `<channel_id>` with the actual channel ID... `https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCAk3t7WHs2zjsZpopox8Taw` ... and you have the URL to [her channels news feed](https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCAk3t7WHs2zjsZpopox8Taw) which you can add to your feed reader you can also subscribe to many other sites that don't advertise news/RSS feeds - for more, see: [How to access RSS feeds for websites that don't advertise one](https://12bytes.org/articles/tech/how-to-access-rss-feeds/)

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I also enjoy the newpipe app on me phone. Subscriptions and easy download.

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I entered the RSS world just last week. I use Feedly. I'm starting to really feel the utility in it. Suddenly I don't have to sift around for scraps from the internet---they just get fed to me in one space.

I'm flirting with upgrading from the free version to see about utilizing their "AI" to make the feeds even better. If you have a better suggestion than Feedly, I'm all ears though, since I don't have a gauge on any standard.

I sit down and watch Jonna Jinton all the time with my young daughters.

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feedly is a 3rd party subscription/reader service i believe ???

if so, i'd recommend against it due to potential censorship, plus, if they offer a "free" service, it's likely because they're making you the product (your habits, data, etc.)

i would strongly suggest using a local reader and one from an ethical developer that has good reviews and is open source - again, i'd recommend Smart Reader for Firefox

there are also stand-alone readers (doesn't depend on a web browser) for various OS's - seems to be a popular one and it's multi-platform

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I have strong disdain for firefox's social agenda. Once I read they were trying to keep my safe from my thoughts, I had to drop them a couple years ago.

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i don't blame you a bit, but i have some knowledge of Firefox with regard to privacy (i maintain 2 extensive guides) and, at the moment, there is no viable replacement in my view - i would also suspect that the ethics (of lack thereof) of Mozilla are not entirely inline with the ethics of the Firefox developers