My recent changes towards more privacy friendlier life

This doesn’t mean that it does?

webRequest, webRequestBlocking: To block http requests or redirect them (e.g. to redirect to Invidious before it can reach YouTube’s servers).

External Image libredirect.github.io

LibRedirect - Privacy-friendly Redirector

A web extension that redirects YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, etc. requests to alternative privacy-friendly frontends