Too bad the “bell icon” is algorithmically handled. Verified by 2 different YouTube reps I talked to. So no, not even pressing the bell icon is a guarantee anymore.https://twitter.com/teamyoutube/status/977335508434010112 …
The responsibility of the layout of someone’s sub feed should be on the user. It’s not well-known that subscribing to someone AND hitting notifications will default their enjoyment of content to an occasional status. The default should be ALL uploads with user responsibility.