Could you not apply this “funded by the CIA” argument to other things such as… The Tor Network? Which was created by the US Military Naval Research? Also some US government departments have donated to Tor. Does that mean Tor is breached?

Maybe I’m wrong but if I recall don’t you need a phone number and such for a google account which is an identifier?

I know it will eventually be blocked by YouTube like Twitch did but you could try ublock Origin with this filter list or another custom filter list. Works pretty well for me.

https://github.com/gijsdev/ublock-hide-yt-shorts

For browser: Vanadium or Mull

Mullvad or Proton. IVPN is also good.

InnerTune which uses YouTube Music? https://github.com/z-huang/InnerTune That’s all I have been able to find