- NewPipe is excellent. Go and use it. 

- SkyTube is an outstanding alternative to NewPipe. 

- I can recommend both. 

- You can find both apps on F-Droid: 
  - https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/ 
  - https://f-droid.org/en/packages/free.rm.skytube.oss/

- Biggest 2 benefits: a) removes ads, b) download and watch YouTube offline

humblefreak

This is the way. The ads on regular YouTube are excessive nowadays.