You see, it’s absolutely hilarious to me that channels which I’ve actively stated I do not want in my subscription feed are still showing, yet YouTube has decided over the past few years to limit what channels you have chosen to see in your subscription feed. You won't show me all the content I WANT to see, but insist on showing me content I've chosen to no longer want to be updated about. Hey … you're still doing that thing where you show in my subscription feed channels I no longer subscribe to. Right, this is the point where I made my usual post on twitter mentioning for whatever it’s worth. This is something that simply should not happen.

Let me stress this one more time, for anyone who may not get it: My subscription feed is still showing channel uploads from channels which I was once subscribed to, but have actively unsubscribed to. Sure enough, I go and triple check that I was unsubscribed to the channel, and I was. It wasn’t hard to miss as this channel uploads videos in bulk, which is what caught my attention. Well, what do I see in my subscription feed yesterday but one of these channels that I had unsubscribed to.

I’ve been cleaning up my subscriptions to music game related channels recently, and have only really stayed subscribed to maybe 2 out of 20 some channels. I’m not just sure it’s happening this time, I *know* it is happening. delete Deletes a subscription.In an article I wrote back in April, titled “ I’m Quite Certain YouTube Is Re-Subbing Me To Channels I’ve Unsubscribed To!” I discussed that YouTube was showing in my subscription feed channels which I was certain I’ve unsubscribed to. insert Adds a subscription for the authenticated user's channel. The API supports the following methods for subscriptions resources: list Returns subscription resources that match the API request criteria. A subscription notifies a user when new videos are added to a channel or when another user takes one of several actions on YouTube, such as uploading a video, rating a video, or commenting on a video. A subscription resource contains information about a YouTube user subscription.

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