Notice how YouTube won’t let you watch unless you sign in and they cite reduction of spam or bots as the reason. Yet half the damn comments are bots anyways. Such a scam.

I don't really use YouTube other than when I do sign in to upload a video. But when I do watch something I generally use either

Grayjay App - Follow Creators Not Platforms

Or Pipepipe/NewPipe or the YouTube player in the DuckDuckGo app. No sign in required.

I have new pipe on my android as well! Thank goodness for freedom tech