I think I'll start to use exclusively CLI tools for discovering and downloading of YT content. The entire experience which starts from typing "youtube.com" in the address bar and pressing enter is obnoxiously unbearable.
Downloading? Do you also not believe creators should be compensated for their content?
I already block advertisements on the web, so I see none when on a Desktop web version of YouTube. But I do not use Sponsor Block so those creators still get to show me their ExpressVPN ads or whatever the flavor is today. Also I use Patreon.
I think they should be compensated, but I don't think Google should be.