Yeah I was able to get the books from my local library so I was really lucky but yeah for the most part the prices are ridiculous.
Well I’m glad I switched to Linux, its only going to get worse.
Currently the set up that makes youtube somewhat tolerable for me is, Ublock Origin (obviously), sponsor block, Return youtube dislike, Youtube-shorts block , and UnHook. Another option would be to use invidous, Freetube, or NewPipe, but all of them are not perfect and have their own limitations.
My bad https://archive.is/bAoI4