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thraxil | 8 months ago

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.

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lightandlight|8 months ago

Right, and [kjkjadksj says](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44445957) a similar thing:

> 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.

al_borland|8 months ago

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.

poulpy123|8 months ago

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

kjkjadksj|8 months ago

If you have a feed reader system there is no need to subscribe in the first place. You’ve obviated that system.