@VisualStuart I generally don't follow YT links back to YT at all, by means of Privacy Frontends (Invidious etc) which are automatically intercepted/redirected from Snoopy's path in my browser, by means of the Libredirect extension that similarly stands in for privacy friendly Search (to SearxNG etc. instead of Goo or DDG), and other go-to service sites.
@nek @VisualStuart the problem is i joined the war on invidious on the side of invidious but i'm losing