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by mgnn 2359 days ago
> Oh, and no notifications when new kid-friendly content is posted, so if you want notifications 'Support me on Patreon'

How about RSS? Each channel has RSS, and iirc it has only failed once (as in, a few days with no updates even though there were new videos) in the last 4-5 years. I don't use Youtube's system for following channels anymore, I just have a YouTube 'subscriptions' category on my feedly.
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fencepost 2359 days ago
Sure there are options, and technically savvy viewers can use them. On the other hand, how widely used and recognized is RSS after Google managed to embrace it, kill the competition and kill the then-dominant RSS reading platform?

"Have your viewers use RSS for notifications" is going to work as well as telling them to have all their viewers use Opera or IE.

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