Tanka

I found this software a couple of days ago. Not sure if it will really help with your first problem 😆 because I’m still figuring it out myself. But looks promising. https://github.com/wwmm/easyeffects

You geht downloads and subs with NewPipe, too. But it boils down to preference. And I prefere a open source app to begin with instead of patching something.

Based on the screenshot I assume that you used youtube premium lite (what ever this was…) on your smartphone. Therefore, here the obligatory recommendation for NewPipe. Quasi Youtube Premium as apk. It has all the features you need:

• no ads
• you can close the app and your videos keep running in the background
• you can turn off the screen and your videos will continue to run in the background

There is also the fork NewPipe x SponsorBlock (link to repository) which integrates SponsorBlock into the app. (duh…) This will also skip the creator’s ad blocks in the video.

At first glance after checking the Network log of NetGuard, this app calls the normal Reddit site. So your IP will be shared.