Proton + Ghostery wombo combo should still work for now for ad blocking and VPN.

Fuck YouTube. I deleted it. I can search for videos individually if I want to.

FreeTube running over Tor is working for me.

They’re killing third-party client access, limiting adblockers, blocking VPNs, and forcing sign in more and more. I sincerely hate it but this was inevitable. They have their monopoly, this is just the “abuse that position and enshittify for more data and money” stage. I hope an alternative takes off because I refuse to play by their rules.