@JapanAnon
I used to really like NewPipe, but the app has gotten bloated as hell. Old NewPipe, before comments and optional accounts and SoundCloud and Peertube support was really good. An RSS reader with a video player built in, and background playback, would be perfect, forget all the youtube specific stuff. Then you could at YouTube, Bitchute, Peertube, essentially any video host with RSS support, without worrying about APIs.
@Twelve