I used docker, nothing I can recall, it was one of the easier youtube proxies to install. That was another reason I've stuck with it. Nice thing about piped is the libretube mobile app is built for piped so you can just use your instance in there and it works great.
I have a private piped instance running in oracle cloud free, works nicely for me.
I've only ever used edge to download another browser or when on a clients server. Edge works ok, but I would never use it as my daily browser.
I've lost count of how many times i've clicked 'continue without my data', just open the damn browser please.
It is for me
Lol