My approache is simple, on phone I use LibreTube and NewPipe, but don’t watch that much here. Mostly listen to music.

On laptop I default to peertube where I can, and use Piped where I can’t. To save on resources I just use ‘yt-dlp’ to download what I want to watch.

Added bonus, I have local copy for preservation or just putting in my notes.

I think I found my next machine to run Emacs and EXWM

Thank you for that recommendation. Was using AnySoftKeyboard for ages and got very frustrated with autocorrect and space bar position. Now, I can ditch it for something that works.