Gengar

I have a 14 year old YouTube channel that was linked to a Google account but it uses a Hotmail Address. I know the password but it keeps asking for 2FA phone number, I made the account years ago so obviously I don't have the number or even know what that number is! Without number it says open another device with that account, I don't have have one since its 14 years old!

I only lost access recently, I thought this YouTube was tied to actual my Gmail but it turns out I was only brand manager and I lost access when trying to merge them. Ironic this all happened because I actually wanted to give them money for YouTube Premium and now losing my channel of 14 years makes me not want to use the platform at all. Is my account lost forever since Google offer zero support?

My account got hacked months ago, I was able to change my password shortly after luckily. However, when I login now it always asks me for ID. After submitting it I get a success recovery email with a url to finish the process but the URL is always invalid! What makes it worse is it was hacked via the recovery email which I can't login to remove! Curious if the recovery process is in fact broken or is just me?