I previously used FreshRSS to follow youtube channels I was interested, but I've switched to Tube Archivist[1] + the Jellyfin Plugin [2]. Now my youtube channels are automatically downloaded to my server and I can watch them through Jellyfin, like any other show. I never have to deal with YouTube's terrible UX anymore.

  [1] https://www.tubearchivist.com/
  [2] https://github.com/tubearchivist/tubearchivist-jf-plugin