Invidious Instances Explain What Google/YouTube (Alphabet/Pentagon) Did To Them This Past Week
Don't poke the bear. Don't upload to YouTube in the first place.
Context (hours ago): Please Quit Uploading Event Talks (Especially of Free Software) to YouTube
Right now:
They're unambiguous about this: Google is actively trying to destroy Invidious, and it's going as far as proxies that hide usage of Invidious.