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I've discovered this while fighting another issue: if you long-press a link to a video file to try and save it to your device (I occasionally do this while ripp
by hbn 4y ago
I've discovered this while fighting another issue: if you long-press a link to a video file to try and save it to your device (I occasionally do this while ripping videos from Twitter), you get the long-press context menu you want (with the "download linked file" item) for like half a second before the full screen video covers up your whole screen, and when you swipe it away the context menu is gone.
You literally have to race the video popup, and sometimes I just have to memorize the location on my phone's screen where the "download linked file" button will appear and have my finger ready over the spot because there's not enough time to scan over all the menu items.
- ehPReth 4y agoGlad it's not just me! This has been bugging me for quite a while
- reaperducer 4y agoif you long-press a link to a video file to try and save it to your device (I occasionally do this while ripping videos from Twitter), you get the long-press context menu you want (with the "download linked file" item) for like half a second before the full screen video covers up your whole screen, and when you swipe it away the context menu is gone. Is it possible that this is related to the iOS link preview feature? When you long-press a link, do you get the full destination page preview? That might explain why the phone renders the page, including the video taking over. Long-press on another page link (like one here on HN), and you have a tiny option at the top-right for "Hide preview," select that. Then try another link that has a take-over video, and see if it no longer does that. If you hate video takeovers more than you like link previews, this might solve your problem.
- hbn 4y agoThat did indeed fix my issue, thank you! I don't recall ever using link previews very much. I suppose if I really need it I can toggle it on for that specific instance, but as it is it's not worth it for the video hijacking
- TechBro8615 4y agoFYI if you notice regressive behavior on YouTube in mobile Safari, eg unable to use the operating system’s picture-in-picture mode, this is due to Google injecting a script to close the video when focus leaves the page. You can fix this bug by installing a Safari extension called Vinegar which will convert non-standard video containers to standard HTML5 video elements. As a bonus, this also prevents content injection by the malicious code that google sends to your browser to render content from third party advertisers on your device without your consent.
- 2fast4you 4y agoThank you! This makes YouTube usable again on my iPhone. Now if only I could get SponsorBlock…
- TechBro8615 4y agoI’m glad I could help! Although really it’s the dev we should thank. It’s been a huge quality of life improvement for me as well.
- 2fast4you 4y agoAgreed, left a glowing review! I checked, Sponsor block is available as well!
- sen 4y ago> Now if only I could get SponsorBlock Yeah SponsorBlock is the only reason I still have Firefox installed on my Air. YouTube is horrible without it. I already pay for Premium, I refuse to put up with more ads.
- LeoPanthera 4y agoSponsorBlock is available for iOS. https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock/wiki/Safari https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock/wiki/Safari
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