I've always just gone to the youtube channel page, view source, search for "rss", copy the URL and paste it into my feed reader. It would be great if it was more discoverable, but it's not really like you need a whole separate tool.
> If you have a feed reader system there is no need to subscribe [via YouTube] in the first place. You’ve obviated that system.
This approach works, and it's a great way to subscribe to public channels without a YouTube account. The main reason I'm not doing it is that I want to subscribe via YouTube.
> It would be great if it was more discoverable
Oh, hopefully there's a browser extension that detects feeds on a page and lights up and provides a menu. Shame that the YouTube mobile app isn't similarly extensible.
The feed reader I use (NetNewsWire) lets me simply put in the YouTube channel URL and it finds the feed.
I added all my subscriptions once, but it quickly became overwhelming, so I deleted them all. I’m not sure if bundling them all in a single feed would be better for me or not. I could bookmark my subscriptions page for the same effect. I find I’m in a very different headspace when I’m looking to watch YouTube vs reading my RSS feeds.
Most of the rss readers I know allow that. What OP built there is something that stays in sync with your subscriptions, so when you add or remove one it is automatically added or removed from you reader and do not need manual intervention
Why though? You already have the feed urls. A list of urls is the same a subscribing to channels essentially. Both do the job of letting you know a new video is released.
