I did just update my post with the specs. Maybe it takes a while to federate?

No problems per se. I just thought that I had not checked for an update for a longer time.

That’s gotta be the cyberpunkiest thing I’ve read in a while.

You get downloads and subs with NewPipe, too. But it boils down to preference. And I prefere a open source app to begin with instead of patching something.

Based on the screenshot I assume that you used youtube premium lite (what ever this was…) on your smartphone. Therefore, here the obligatory recommendation for NewPipe. Quasi Youtube Premium as apk. It has all the features you need:

• no ads
• you can close the app and your videos keep running in the background
• you can turn off the screen and your videos will continue to run in the background

There is also the fork NewPipe x SponsorBlock (link to repository) which integrates SponsorBlock into the app. (duh…) This will also skip the creator’s ad blocks in the video.