It also doesn't help that any alternative clients or ad blockers, Google keeps shitting them up.

Go to F Droid = "Due to Google policies this app will no longer function." Go to vanced = "We're shutting down, you can guess the reason why, we don't have to tell you." Go get a adblocker = "You have 3 videos and then you just can't use YouTube. Also we're going to do the equivalent of cranking down the AC until you leave by slowing down your browser artificially."