that’s because that’s what happened. Simple mobile tools got bought out by a company known for exactly that: putting ads and spyware in apps

thankfully since its open source, there’s already a fork in the works called Fossify

It has begun

(ps install the fork versions of the simple mobile tools suite, its called fossify)

there are youtube frontends and apps that proxy videos anonymously so you can’t be tracked at all

I use freetube on desktop there’s also libretube and newpipe on android