My wife and I both have Andoid phones. Whenever we get a new device removing YouTube is the first thing we do. We have a small list of paid puzzle games we install. And for the limited video time the kids get PBS Video which is great. We don't let the kids watch Netflix or any other video apps because their "kids" programming is absolute garbage if not openly hostile toward children.
I just installed PBS Video on my iPhone and opened up my pi-hole to see what types of DNS requests it was making. Among regular PBS domains are:
* ssl.google-analytics.com (tracking)
* pagead2.googlesyndication.com (a google ad domain)
* pubads.g.doubleclick.net (another google ad domain)
* sb.scorecardresearch.com (tracking)
* imasdk.googleapis.com (The Google IMA SDK for ads within a video)
* localization.services.pbs.org (perhaps this one is benign)
From their Privacy Policy [1]:
> We also may share aggregated or anonymized information with third parties, including to help us develop content and services that we hope you or your child will find of interest or to help these third parties develop their own products and service offerings.
The above paragraph with the associated list of domains being used above screams targeting to me
> We may allow third parties to place and read their own cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect information through the Services.
So they let 3rd parties do whatever they want. The full privacy policy is followed with an example use case of how its helpful and useful, but just like Facebook's privacy policy the examples are misdirection.
You're not weird.