Essentially, if you have an RSS reader, you can subscribe to YouTube channels, blogs, social media posts (specially on the fediverse), news, podcasts, subreddits, etc. And get them all in one place (instead of going to each website). Ironically, Aaron Swartz (one of reddit’s founders) worked on RSS back in the day.
If you just watch videos and don’t comment or upload, what’s the point of a YouTube account?
Just subscribe to channels using RSS
what’s RSS? and I use an account because subscription
It’s a pretty old internet tech, but often forgotten. Here’s an explanation: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6HNUqDL-pI8&pp=ygURd2hhdCBpcyByc3MgZmVlZHM%3D
Essentially, if you have an RSS reader, you can subscribe to YouTube channels, blogs, social media posts (specially on the fediverse), news, podcasts, subreddits, etc. And get them all in one place (instead of going to each website). Ironically, Aaron Swartz (one of reddit’s founders) worked on RSS back in the day.
I recommend Feedly, as a starter RSS feed reader.