[nicbou]

I tried something like that - E: YouTube Vanced - but apparently sideloaded it from the wrong place and nearly got my identity stolen.

Long story short, it tried to use my phone as a disposable phone number. For about a month I was getting messages from adult dating sites, verification numbers for all sorts of services, and a few phone calls from bitcoin banks trying to verify my ID. Had I given the app permission to read my text messages, it would have been a catastrophe. Fortunately, I didn't and nothing bad happened.

[3r8Oltr0ziouVDM]

In case you'd want to try it: NewPipe is open source and it's on F-Droid which is a very safe place to get apps from.