In the AppStore, search Vinegar. Works for me. 👍
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I recommend this. Firefox Focus works for free also
Just FYI for anybody that looks it up, it appears to be a paid application.
It’s a Safari extension for 1.99 USD
Use the Yattee app and connect it to your preferred invidious or piped instance.
Can also vouch for yattee
does it open Youtube links from other apps? I don't use iOS but I've been wondering how viable it is to recommend it to friends who do as a replacement for the Youtube app.
I use Signtunes with uYouPlusExtra (on GitHub). This does not require a computer, but will cost you 10-15$ yearly to sideload without a computer. But Apple will allow sideloading SoonTM, so it might become free.
uYouPlus is no longer being actively developed, uYouPlusExtra is a fork under active development.
Firefox focus is free and works perfectly
Also perfectly fine, I just prefer the features the uYouPlus app offers. It’s not only ad blocking, but also sponsor blocking, pop out player, background playback, reordering tabs (so I can remove the annoying shorts tab), and a bunch more.
Invidious+Yattee is how I roll.
I gotta parrot this everywhere but Firefox focus works perfectly
There are a handful of options if you’re looking for a tweaked version of the YouTube app (no jailbreak needed) with enhanced options (blocking ads, skipping sponsored segments, allowing downloads, enabling PiP)
I personally use YouTube Reborn Plus https://github.com/arichorn/YouTubeRebornPlus
As for loading the IPA onto my iPhone I use Sideloadly. https://sideloadly.io
I know a lot of others use AltStore. https://altstore.io
Keep in mind, if you have a paid Apple Dev account like myself you only have to load the app on your device once a year. But, if you have a free account you’ll need to do this weekly. That being said, that is why so many users prefer AltStore, it automates the process to ensure you don’t hit that weekly threshold.
Anyone have anything that works on Apple TV? I have some invidious app or other that basically never works, at all.
There definitely is a way with jailbreaking, as I’m sure there are tweaks for youtube on the repos. But that requires an exploit.
With no jailbreak - you can sideload this: https://github.com/qnblackcat/uYouPlus
I watch it in the orion browser with ublock
I use an app called Orion, which is a browser, you can add extensions from Firefox and chrome.
And they don't work. I tried uBlock on my IPad Air 2 and no add blocked. PopUpBlocker Strict was also important for me, but also doesn't work. DarkReader seemed to work.
I created a NextDNS account and configured the app, still ads on YouTube in Firefox.
The only two for me that work are Brave and Vivaldi. As I really don't like what Brave does I'll stick with Vivaldi.
iOS is such an uncomfortable and greedy ecosystem...
Edit: Just now I created a piped account and installed Yattee and is it the closest you can get on non-jailbroken iOS?
Here's the configuration https://www.reddit.com/r/Yattee/comments/zedv9x/comment/k2q8p0o/
Firefox Focus appears to let me play youtube without ads, but I’m unclear if it’s because I also have the Vinegar extension (which shouldn’t matter, since the extension itself says it only works in Safari.)
iOS doesn’t give many options to remove ads from YouTube videos. You can’t really circumvent the native YT app (at least in my experience). What’s worked for me for the past few years is:
- watching Youtube in Safari
- purchasing the Wipr and Vinegar extensions from the App store
I have not seen a single ad on iOS on YouTube this way. I’m pretty sure Vinegar is doing the heavy lifting specifically on YouTube but Wipr picks up the slack on every other website.
you can use the web version with adguard and it won't show ads, though sometimes you have to refresh to get to the video