Didn't realise they sent data to YT/Google. Am now more interested in any answers you get 👍

Not all piped based, but you can use beatbump.io on desktop. Innertune or ViMusic on Android (both available on FDroid). I prefer InnerTune as you have more control over offline tracks.

I got "unique among the 185,973 tested in the past 45 days"

Edit: this is using Firefox Android Nightly with UBlock + Canvas Blocker

Yep, still working for me. Had to set it up with an App Password, as I couldn't get it to work without.

Started getting tired of the ads in gmail, so last week switched to K9 Mail. Liking it so far.