that said, I can’t stand having someone stalk and monetize your every move

Well, they can’t. I have an anonymus account only for youtube that I access only over the VPN with adblockers.

I don’t want to do all that just to watch a few videos a day.

I kinda stop using these services after a while. I want the recommendation algorithm.

Meh, when you have a chip that powerful and that energy efficient, trying something in wearable computing is a no brainer imo.