here is what I recomend:

1. Use FreeTube. It is a fully open source youtube client which fetches videos from invidious which makes u anonymous while accessing youtube and allows you to “Subscribe” to individual creators so you can check on what they post. More here: freetubeapp.io

2. Install and configure uBlock Origin.

import custom filter lists such as Developer Dans Lightswitch 05: https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/

and OISD Filter list which can be found at oisd.nl.

3. change search engine to brave search or duckduck go and use a more privacy friendly browser like Firefox. If you do not want to give up chromium, I recommend Vivaldi which allows for chrome extensions and offers many search engines to choose from which are privacy friendly.

Use FreeTube. It is a fully open source YouTube client which fetches videos from invidious which makes u anonymous while accessing YouTube and allows you to “Subscribe” to individual creators so you can check on what they post.

More here: freetubeapp.io