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To use an Alphabet product is to support Alphabet regardless of how you access it. If you want to de-google, then stop using their products 100%.
Explain how this makes any sense. Using alternative clients effectively kills their access to the users, including, but not limited to, serving targeted ads.
If you believe I'm wrong, feel free to counter me with evidence.
I'd assume that using the service without paying (money or otherwise) for it would introduce costs to the provider hence being worse than not using it at all.
It still maintains their market position, which has value. For example, you might not visit other sites because they don't have the content you want (and the content stays on YT because they have the viewers), or you might even share YT links to other people.