For Any PC users Wanting To Get Around YouTube ID Verification/Advertisements WITHOUT Premium (Not an Ad)
Freetube.io is a client that allows you to access YouTube videos without YouTube's advertisements or content detection. There is an app downloadable onto your PC system itself, or add-ons for Firefox (ABANDON GOOGLE CHROME. IT IS DIRT.) There is also a website that functions in the same manner called Piped
For ANDROID mobile users, there is a FreeTube app (NOT found on the app store), however, I use Tubular, which is a fork off of NewPipe that includes a SponsorBlock feature to skip over sponsors in-video. (Piped and FreeTube also have this feature!)
For users of Amazon Firestick that may wish to use YouTube ad-free (and sponsor free) on their TV:
1. Go into settings > "My firestick" > "About"
2. Click "Fire TV stick" 7 times to enable Developer Settings
3. Go to the app store and aquire "Downloader"
4. Open Downloader, and type 250931 into the URL box
5. Scroll down to SmartTube and download. (You may need to allow installation in the Developer settings found in Settings>My Firestick>About)
6. Sign into your YouTube if desired
FOR ANYONE LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES TO SPOTIFY
Consider Offline-Accessable Collection of Audio
I have been using an app called Music Player by Leopard V7 to store and play downloaded music mp3s directly on my device. There are ads, but there are simple banners at the bottom of the screen and not audible ones between songs. There is no need for internet for use, features like playlists, song speed, and internet lyric search are available. MP3s can be found in various places, just be smart or make your own from YouTube links via conversion sites.
THESE ARE NOT PERFECT SOLUTIONS
MANY flaws are apparent, from app/client performance being less than usual quality, to content creators not earning that ad revenue or sponsor commission. This may mean having to directly support your favorite creators on sites like Kofi and Patreon to keep them afloat.
Because these clients are pulling content directly from YouTube, this means they function using what is called an API, or application programming interface, which allows different software applications to share data. Sometimes these won't work. Due to these being clients that are not nearly as large as YouTube, this means these clients are prone to their API giving out at times making the content impossible to view without being on-site on basic YouTube. These are TEMPORARY, but can still be annoying.
Several of these clients noticably do not create algorythms for you the way YouTube does, relying instead on your DIRECT SUBSCRIBTIONS rather than recommended list of what you may want to watch. Videos still come with related videos below it, and trending pages are still fully viewable, but many of these clients lack lists that cater to the individual without their input, so you may have to manually create a packet of your YouTube subscriptions and history and transfer it onto your clients in order to get your suggestions anywhere near what your YouTube ones were like.
But with enough people taking alternative measures, we can take back our platforms
