if you get adguard for desktop and load it with userscripts from greasyfork to block youtube's bullshit it's still okay, I barely ever have any hiccups since I loaded 5 different userscripts to block youtube's anti-adblock bullshit. I sometimes get an error telling me the video couldn't be played, but I almost never see their bullshit telling me to turn my adblocker off.

There's also "FreeTube" which is an app for several desktop operating systems. there's also the many instances of invidious you can check out and access from almost any device with a web-browser.

Why can't people just stop using google? Genuinely curious