Abbreviated public subscriber counts are gradually rolling out starting next week. We heard a lot of feedback from the community following our announcement in May – we’ve updated our original post with more info here → https://yt.be/help/LF4J
So I read this as “we hear your concerns loud and clear” we just don’t care AT ALL. If you see the concern why not make this optional or better yet not do it at all? The site has plenty of issues that actually need addressing and this is where your resources are at?