I’ve almost entirely degoogled my life, except for Youtube.
Here are my center of interests and some channels I follow:
Linux: The Linux Experiment, Tech Hut
Basketball: NBA, Andy Hoops, Heat Check, Jonny Arnett, BasketNews
Cars: Throttle House, Everyday Driver, Car and Driver
Console Gaming: GamingBolt, IGN
Tech: Linus Tech Tips, Techquickie
Concerning Linux, it has been easy to find alternatives to YouTube as The Linux Experiment is on PeerTube and I can support him for 1$ a month Through Patreon.
Tech Hut is on Odysee so I could watch his videos here and support him through Buy Me A Coffee or something similar if I wanted to.
I know I could watch everything from the Linus Tech Tips on Floatplane but 5$ a month is a bit too expensive.
Do you have any suggestions about anyone producing similar content to what I’ve described above (Basketball, Console Gaming, Cars and Tech) that I could watch on a YouTube alternative?
I don’t mind paying 1-2$ a month for a channel I enjoy but I can’t pay more for now 😇
Not really an answer to your question, but I'll share my approach. Youtube channels have rss feeds, so you can "subscribe" using any rss reader, and don't need to login.
So I just use firefox with the following addons. A seperate youtube container + adblock + in-video ad skip + age verification skip + feedbro as rss reader.