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Paying for a service you enjoy is surely not pointless?
It is when a free alternative which offers more features and is easier to set up exists.
There are definitely better front-end alternatives to YouTube. But... they contribute nothing to the people who make the content that you want to use those front-ends for. I pay for YouTube premium, but I still sometimes use other methods for consuming it. So, take this for what it's worth: by all means, use the free alternatives, etc. But the whole "don't pay for it if it is free" is shortsighted.
I enjoy breathing air, I would not pay for it, why should I pay for YouTube w/o ads when a free alternative (ublock origin + sponsorblock + misc. extentions) exist and it's better? (not regionlocked for example, another big one is that it's... Free)
It's not really an accurate analogy, nor is this concept complicated enough to warrant one. Content creators (air makers?) need to sustain themselves with the revenue their work grants them. People who circumvent this like you, add to the running cost of YouTube but contribute nothing in return. I personally despise advertisement of all forms, so I understand your motivation to do so. I would even encourage it if you have no other means. But, to justify it in the way you do seems intellectually and/or morally dishonest.