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
I really dislike having the perception that your engineers don't listen to community feedback for wildly unpopular ideas. I'm also really unsure why this type of downgraded consistency is needed for the platform which sounds like a failure of communication on your end.