Can you share more, what reader do you use? I think YouTube may be the service with the most RSS feeds, as each channel has one. I could see RSS working well for YouTube, especially if the ads still play.
It’s not perfect and has a display limit of 50 for a feed’s most recent items, and you can’t sort feeds (unless you pay). But it works well enough. What’s nice is that it actually renders YT links in the reader, with the option to view them in “reader mode”, which conveniently prevents ads from showing.