Thanks, I'll keep it in mind.

Given that I'm generally driving an e-ink device, mpv/Termux is actually preferable for playing audio-only.

Actually, that's my preference in most cases for "video", especially anything that's talking heads / expository.

There's also effectively no data surveillance capture possible, other than IP.

And NewPipe + Sponsorblock does wonders at getting rid of unwanted in-video segments (intro, sponsors, etc, outro).