Yeah, brave search is what I use for my main searches, but ddg bangs do come in useful. Brave has it too.
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If you are that concerned why not just run a playlist of their videos on desktop in the background with the tab muted and Adblock off while you do other things.
YouTube recommendations shows me spoilers if I rely on it, since I don't get around to games right away. I also hate most YouTube channel personalities. Me and YouTube channels don't get along. It gets the topic right but I'm too picky over channels I want to even watch, and back out of so many videos I check out. I'm fine with my current list of streamlined subs, and periodically unsub from a bunch due to ending up not watching most of the content anyways and it just cluttering my feed.
On the other I love that you don't need an account to be able to "subscribe" for a custom feed, group channels into custom categories, or make playlists. And all being able to get backed up locally.
I wish that crap could be customized in the bios and not need software unless you want to change stuff through the desktop OS. I stopped messing with RGB stuff and went to rainbow barf due to not wanting to deal with the software. Next build will be no RGB.