I for one will be looking forward to getting mid-spec PCs dirt cheap.

Grayjay still works fine.

Freetube and Grayjay on desktop both had this same issue but they resolved it in a few days. Both work on Linux and also let you download videos. Grayjay also lets you sync with Grayjay on mobile to get your subscribed channels, playlists, etc. Neither require google accounts and are full privacy frontends that don’t use the youtube API.