1 yr. ago • 92%

What are some iOS YouTube front ends without ads alternatives?

I know about Yattee, is there better alternatives? Thanks!

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I use the Safari extension Vinegar, which is paid but universal from macOS to iOS. It replaces the YouTube player by the default HTML5 one, preventing Google from getting events that trigger ads.

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I use Safari with the AdGuard (free tier) app. Haven't seen a YouTube ad in months.

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You could try vinegar which is a great ios safari extension for YouTube in the browser if that’s good enough

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- I just tried Vinegar, but it doesn’t work for me. I still see ads on every video. Any idea why? Not trying to blame you or anything, just wondering.
  
  Yes, I have it enabled.
  
  Edit: I guess I have to refresh each time maybe? Not sure. It seems to work after a page refresh.
  
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I’d really just pay for YouTube Premium. Well worth it, and you support creators!

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- I do but honestly 18€/month (family plan, we’re 2) is a bit pricey considering that I mostly use YouTube Music, I use YouTube mainly to listen to some content before to sleep and won’t want loud ads at 3AM lol
  
  I’d rather pay for Apple One and get music, storage, TV and some games for the same price
  
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  Damn, are they high? If I had to pay 18EUR for YT I'd rather cut on my YT usage.
  
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  I’ve paid for YouTube for years and the price has definitely gotten out of hand, I used a VPN to sign up for it in Turkey a few months ago and it’s like 10% of what I was previously paying, only a couple dollars a month.
  
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Been paying for YouTube premium for about 8 months now and I think it’s worth every dollar.

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- Yeah, I've paid for it for years. I'm OK with helping the creators that way and never having to jump through all the ad block hoops.
  
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  Yeah I’m a pretty big fan of ‘streamlined stuff that just works as intended’. That’s why I own Apple products to begin with and I basically apply that ethos to everything else in life. So I pay for YouTube , get a better experience and I don’t have to mess with anything.
  
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- Yup, since I watch YouTube almost daily, it’s kind of a nobrainer. I’m happy they offer a version without ads.
  
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- Especially if you VPN and pay from another country 😉
  
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  what’s the cheapest country to use?
  
  I rarely use youtube on my phone but if the price is right I might snag premium just to have it for when I do want to watch while mobile
  
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  Do you have to watch via vpn too or just pay?
  
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Yattee, it uses piped. If configured right its basically like the youtube app without ads.

https://github.com/yattee/yattee

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- This post helped me figure out how to set up Yattee and connect my Invidious account to it.
  
  https://teddit.pussthecat.org/r/Yattee/comments/13d3lj7/how_to_set_up_and_use_yattee_to_watch_youtube/
  
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I use AltStore and side load UYou+. Takes like 30 seconds a week, never have ads, notifications, and it skips stuff like self-promotions. I enjoy it

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It's beyond worth it to just pay them the money. I kind of hate that they won, but this way I never see an ad no matter where I watch, and the creators I enjoy still get money out of my views. I would pay for more services if they had a No Ads option. (I might have gotten convinced to get Twitter Blue if it had 0 ads instead of just halving them...)

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I have to second vinegar. It’s absolutely perfect in all my Apple devices. It works by switching the YouTube player to a much faster HTML5 video player. So it’s much faster, you get iOS’s built scrubbing, PiP, and ad-blocking.

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I’m using safari and the vinegar extension, which is blocking ads and enables Picture in Picture.

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- Same here 🤘
  
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- Wouldn’t the extension be affected by this?
  
  https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/29/23778879/youtube-videos-disabling-ad-blockers-detection
  
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  I guess so, but they’re just testing it so it still works. Hopefully for longer
  
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I'm using uYouPlus via sidestore/wireguard configuration. It was a bit painful to setup and I still need to spend 5sec per week to 'Refresh" it but I think it's definitely worth it in order to have an exact clone of Youtube without ads + background play :) that's at least for me as I don't want to settle for any alternatives

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Sign up for a VPN trial and subscribe to premium from another country. You’ll pay like ~$3 a month

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- Update, I tried with a VPN in Istanbul and it displays the UK price :/
  
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- I used to do this but VISA cards are now blocked for Argentina, which country would you recommend?
  
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  I use a Mastercard with no issues
  
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  I believe people moved to Ukraine and Turkey after the Argentina changes
  
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Invidious or https://piped.video

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I’m using Brave Browser for YouTube to avoid advertisements

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- Same! I use Brave and it works great
  
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I used Video Lite for like a year before I sideloaded uYou+. Video lite is your best choice without sideloading. No video ads and they play in the background without premium, though you get in-app ads past the free trial

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Video lite. But it has some ads which I don't see because of adguard dns.

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- I use video lite and it’s awesome. $1.50 every 3 months gets you no ads too. I’m sure YT will kill these off at some point but it’s a great solution for now.
  
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It's not going to change. You just have to accept it.

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I've been using Revanced, which is a clone ofthe vanced project that got shut down last year. It's really nice and has a bunch of convenient features

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- Revanced is Android exclusive tho
  
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  My bad, when I saw this post i didnt realize it was an apple sub. Disregard my comment!
  
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