Are there any safe, functional apps for iOS mobile devices (specifically iPhone, but iPad would be nice too) that let you use Youtube without ads? Something like what Youtube Revanced is for Android.

    • noodlejetski@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      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.

  • QuaternionsRock@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    There’s a lot of strange answers here.

    1. AdGuard extensions for Safari successfully block all YouTube ads, although in my experience you have to keep reloading the page.
    2. I also use uYouPlus, but you have to remember to connect it to your computer once a week, which blows.
  • mingistech@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    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.

  • Meowmoth @lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I use an app called Orion, which is a browser, you can add extensions from Firefox and chrome.

    • feecoomeeq@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      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/

  • sealhaslupus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    1 year ago

    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.

  • ANIMATEK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    79·
    1 year ago

    Pay for premium in Argentina, set a VPN to verify, checks out for me. Family plan is so effing cheap.