No, it isn't useful to browse.

I use it for grabbing low quality music and 'subscribing' to various channels (checks and downloads new videos every 10m) in order to avoid having to give the algorithm my eyeballs.

If you just want to scroll, something like FreeTube would do what you want. It blocks ads and has sponsorblock built-in. You can subscribe to videos via the app (which is all stored locally, not in any account, you don't have to log-in.)