After over a week of trying to get a meeting with @TeamYouTube we finally have one scheduled for an hour from now. If you have any constructive feedback to share with them regarding the abbreviated subscriber numbers (via the api), reply to this tweet.
Saying "it brings more consistency to YouTube" doesn't exactly give us an answer as to why it's being done. The how's and why's should be emphasized. Also, nobody asked for this. What is so bad about exact subscriber numbers that every other issue on YouTube is ignored?