It must be wild to take a couple grand from someone you do absolutely no research on and still be given a pass by the very people you're doing real world harm to.
Screw these "creators". I look forward to CoffeeZilla or MoistCrtitikal exposing these fuckers who took the money and parroted the BS.
Seconding ReVanced. RVX works like a charm. Not ready to leave the Google ecosystem just yet. But, when I do, I'll switch to primarily using NewPipe.
I'm also keeping track of Haven as they may be an up and coming YT alternative for artists and creatives. They're currently in seed funding so it'll be interesting to see if they can get off the ground.