plenty of open source apps to view youtube

newpipe for android. no ads, no waiting, no data collection

or use an:

invidious front end instance.

I use the LibDirect addon for firefox.

you can set it to redirect away from most annoying big tech sites.

once set, you can choose many links, you choose, if you click any link it autoimatically rediects to the site you want:

I have set it like this:

reddit goes to https://reddit.simo.sh

youtube goes to https://invidious.private.coffee