I don’t mean the setting. It won’t be able to play them anymore even if this is turned on.

You will have to add your channels once. These can be backed up into a file and imported onto another device. Not super convenient but compared to how annoying the official app is I am OK with it.

It has little to no bull shit and it can play with screen off. Age restricted videos are a problem.

If you hate the official app it’s perfect for you. Literally just your curated feed and nothing else.

So if I own CSGO can I just run an update and have the new game?

I think that growth is not going to happen passively. These comercial platforms are deliberately pushed and advertised and there is always some new content whenever you open the app.

Fediverse, lemmy whatever may have the better model in theory but that is not enough to create buzz or to reach a critical mass of users.

"Hello here is the better model now come here, why aren’t you here? " is not guaranteed to work.