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Google limits YouTube quality to 720p on iOS Safari with adblock extensions
- xqcgrek2 4y agoSo it's war now. Does Sundar Pichai know what happened to Meta after it went to war with Apple?
- johnthuss 4y agoMaybe I’m in the minority, but I always prefer to switch to the native YouTube app instead of using Safari. Of course you can’t block the ads then.
- JerryB77 4y agoUsing Safari also lets you do background play with iOS's integration by un-pausing the video in the control menu once you exit Safari. Normally it's a premium feature. Fortunately, the quality difference doesn't affect this.
- behnamoh 4y agoI wouldn't be surprised if Google somehow made YT's web version slow and annoying to use.
- sneakerblack 4y agoI just use newpipe honestly. All the goodies of YouTube (including background playback and PiP!) without all the ads
- johnthuss 4y agoThe comments mention a Safari extension called Vinegar, which fixes this and also provides Picture in Picture without YouTube premium. It is $2 in the App Store. https://apps.apple.com/au/app/vinegar-tube-cleaner/id1591303229 https://apps.apple.com/au/app/vinegar-tube-cleaner/id1591303...
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- Daedren 4y agoThis fellow has a much more reasonable argument as to why this happens https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/comments/z2n4h5/why_does_youtube_on_safari_max_out_to_720p_i_have/ixhj65a/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/comments/z2n4h5/why_does_youtub... About iPhones not supporting Media Source Extensions, while the iPad does.
- fragmede 4y agoWhat? but I got my pitchfork out and everything!
- cl0ckt0wer 4y agoHow many people would even notice?