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.
As an extremely small YouTube user I don't look for big numbers but knowing my actual number makes a difference. To me 346 is much more meaningful than 300 (or idk if I'd get abbreviated to 0). My actual number means something to me.