If you did that, you wouldn't get the ads that the official app shows.

Oh, let me apologize for daring to give people this suggestion. How foolish of me to forget that most people are just dying to hand over their personal data to Google, all in the name of their oh-so-benevolent services. And by the way, I think people love watching "This stream is supported by skillshare" ads? We definitely need more companies like them, making it easier for us to be spied on. Don't you agree?

It breaks integration with the YouTube app, and it's a bit of a maintenance keeping up with the latest version, whether to use youtube-dl or yt-dlp or another fork, etc.

Why use Netflix or Disney+ when you can go to The Pirate Bay?