I still access YouTube coz TV sucks and there is no better service out there, YouTube Music is by far the best service, thanks to YouTube you won't get access to that content elsewhere.
Other than those 2 specific use case:
* CloudFlare: Custom domain is cheap * E-mail: Proton emails with custom domains, if you change your mind tomorrow, bring your domain with you. * DNS: Pi-Hole + Unbound recursive DNS: Avoid any public DNS, force 13 root nameservers instead * Search Engine: Google as we knew is gone, Perplexity AI has been an awesome tool. It not just works "fine" but gives me every single source it used to answer me so I can cross check it. Google Gemini refuses to give you the sources it used and ChatGPT is dogshit * Social Media: I still have social media coz otherwise, groups and hobbies gets pretty difficult without them. I no longer user their apps tho but mobile web. I cannot fully shutdown Google, Meta, Microsoft from collecting my data, but I can make them have an useless broken profile about me.
For years now, I don't know what ADs mean, and the peace of mind that my data is safer than never before.