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.
My question to YouTube Is this just a way for you to manipulate the numbers without people noticing? It isn't going to speed up the system as the full non abbreviated number still needs to be in the system or else people wouldn't be able to grow subs. I can see through your veil