Tbh I would just pay for YouTube if it were just a video platform that was consumer-friendly, for example LTT's Floatplane service, which I have paid for in the

Tbh I would just pay for YouTube if it were just a video platform that was consumer-friendly, for example LTT's Floatplane service, which I have paid for in the past. Unfortunately, that's not what we're dealing with. Google/Youtube are massive data collection platforms, and I refuse to participate in that any more than I have to.