I would assume they will do fingerprinting based on meta data such as op address and browser type as well. I suggest using yewtu.be or https://piped.kavin.rocks/ as alternative front end and some tracker blocking. Personally I use Nextdns for queries and on my desktop the librefox browser and protonvpn. I just got to know the Orion browser that looks interesting as well.

Why not? If you are not willing to show colour, the simply don’t vote.