YouTube can be what you make it.
I only subscribe to a few distinct channels, usually ones involving film criticism. These channels have distinct individuals that offer a worldview based in some kind of academic analysis. For instance, Lindsay Ellis does longform video essays that look at trends in film, apply critical lenses, etc. Patrick Willems analyzes films through his film school education and argues for his interpretation of various films. Or there's Lessons from the Screenplay, which analyzes how screenplays do or do not work with each essay utilizing a particular film, usually down to a single scene.
There's no manipulation with them. They cite sources for their research, they address their own biases, and they are discernible people. Most importantly to me, they don't scream at the screen or seem to cater to anyone that doesn't have some education in the fields they discuss.
Like, I also have favorite authors, filmmakers, and game studios. And I keep up to date with that those folks are doing, too.
And I'm 32, which may very well be younger than you, but certainly means I'm not in the primary audience targeted by the kinds of right-wing indoctrination force that comprises the motherfucker we're discussing in the topic.
This is also very similar to DVDs often handed out at American universities by anti-abortion activists. The movie's case has absolutely zero indication it is about abortion, and the first half or so discusses the Holocaust. The idea is to lure you into a mindset where obviously mass extermination is evil, and then abruptly and ham-fistedly try to link that to abortion in the second half.
It's the hallmark of any good grift. Hook someone with the mundane or sympathetic part, then make a series of connections until eventually they are in an alternate reality.
