For me, I currently use Firefox on my computer and phone, uBlock Origin and YouTube Vanced. What else is fairly easy to do that I can add on?
I think YouTube Vanced is no longer supported by the devs and it was never a privacy-focused project anyway. There are plenty of FOSS Android apps that can stream YouTube more privately though. NewPipe is probably the most popular.
NewPipe is great, and if you’re in the regular youtube app, you can use the share feature to send a video to NP for immediate download.
LibreTube is worth checking too
Firefox with either
- a hardening guide [Tebibyte guide] [Brainfuck Sec guide] or
- arkenfox
- in general, enabling Firefox’s Fingerprint protection
Through uBlock, enabling JavaScript on a site-by-site basis can help with privacy. Although, because disabling JS is uncommon, it can increase the uniqueness of your fingerprint.
Switching browsers is probably the easiest with the biggest impact, but you’ve already done that. Switching your search engine to a privacy-friendly one is also a good step.
Like the others said, hardening your browser is going to be a good option. Additionally, a password manager is big too. I recommend BitWarden as its open sourced, cross platform and audited regularly. Security enables privacy, this is why you always see the two often referenced together. Standard Notes is another simple but powerful option. Like BitWarden its an open sourced and cross platform encryption based software. Emails are a big way to be tracked as well, using ProtonMail with SimpleLogin and/or AnonAddy is a powerful move but not exactly easy I guess
Run linux, trash iPhone, de-google Android, use a privacy-friendly DNS, Pi-Hole, …
Use a different browser and search engine. I was showing my siblings some alternative search engines, and the first thing they commented on is that they all look similar. It’s not too hard of a step for people to take.