Personally I still use the Firefox + uBlock + SponsorBlock + YouTube combo on my phone too. Maybe if I watched more YouTube on my phone it'd be worth figuring out an app with a better mobile UI, but I like that it's a consistent experience anywhere I watch from.

Don't forget about Enhancer for YouTube, SponsorBlock, and DeArrow! They're all a must-have for desktop YT.

I used to think it is redundant too, but now see it as a quality-of-life difference. Because I can track my subscriptions and watch history, as well as have playlists. That is a massive improvement over folders of bookmarks.

You forgot sponserblock, it's amazing!

Revanced app had the superior UI/UX.

Not because if taste, but because it is the YouTube UI that then allows you to add and remove stuff from the UI, getting away from all the user-hostile stuff. If you want to.

I use Firefox with ublock on desktop, works like a charm. My favourite on android is YouTube revanced

So, what do you not like about the Freetube's UI and UX?

Firefox + UBlock + Youtube is the way to go.

Unless you don't like Google tracking everything you watch on youtube, that is.

Revanced is great for mobile

I use the same combo on my phone without any issues or ads. Why use a client on the phone?

If you use ublock origin and watch a lot, they'll eventually put your ip address on a list where you have to log in to watch anything. Newpipe seems to be able to circumvent this but yt-dlp can't. I haven't tried freetube but maybe freetube can circumvent that.

I prefer just about every third-party UI to the official one...