Currently, public sub counts are abbreviated in most but not all places across YouTube. In August, we’ll make this more consistent by always showing abbreviated sub counts publicly. Creators: You’ll still see your full sub count in Studio! Learn more → http://yt.be/help/abbrev-count …pic.twitter.com/pmaKk4EU4k
huge update being a slightly different shade of red or perhaps getting rid of any ad revenue for all content creators cause "consistency"? how about an actual good change being the ability to subscribe to playlists or certain types of videos instead of the whole channel? .-.