Freetube is missing some useful features.
But I continue to generally use youtube.com to search or manage lists and then copy the links of videos I want to watch to Freetube.
Also, I am gradually moving my YT subscriptions to freetube as I go so finding stuff I want to watch on FT is gradually getting easier.
Though eventually Google will probably restrict API access rendering some alternatives useless.
I’m moving my subscriptions to FT as well. Guess we’ll see how all this plays out.