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And a Dinosaur
andadinosaur.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2021
And a Dinosaur is an indie developer's site for Safari extensions and Apple apps, such as Vinegar and History Book.
What HN saysHN commenters recommend Vinegar, which plays YouTube in the native video player and as a side effect removes ads, and also mention History Book.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Vinegar: Safari extension that replaces YouTube embeds with HTML5 video tags7 people · 231 points · first shared 2021 · 148 comments on HN
- 2Launch: History Book App3 people · 2 points · first shared 2022 · 1 comments on HN
- 3Imgpls – An extension to load Imgur images directly1 people · 144 points · first shared 2024 · 73 comments on HN
- 4And a Dinosaur Apps1 people · 3 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 5Random SwiftUI Complaint #1231 people · 2 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 6Launch: Web Inspector for iOS1 people · 2 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 7YouTube's Anti-Adblock and uBlock Origin1 people · 1 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 8Baking Soda – Safari extension replace custom video players with video tag1 people · 1 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
interpol_p · 2022-10-10
I use Vinegar[1] on iOS and macOS. It renders YouTube using the native system video player, and strips all the cruft (up next, recommended, etc). It has the side effect of removing ads.
[1] https://andadinosaur.com/launch-vinegar
drcongo · 2024-07-31
Not if you use Vinegar [0]. This extension is the main reason I can't switch from Safari to Orion as my main browser. The hit areas on YouTube's player controls are so obnoxious, I installed this just to work around them but it has the side benefit of loading the videos directly into the native video player without ads.
[0] https://andadinosaur.com/launch-vinegar
rexpi0 · 2024-07-18
If you're just blocking ads in Youtube, I have had good luck with Vinegar: https://andadinosaur.com/launch-vinegar
dorian-graph · 2024-01-29
If you use Safari, there's https://andadinosaur.com/launch-history-book for content saving, for your browsing history.
colinprince · 2023-10-29
I have not seen youtube's warning on iphone safari (not logged in, firefox focus and 1blocker legacy content blockers)
but that could be because i am using vinegar[0] to replace youtube's player with a <video> tag
0. https://andadinosaur.com/launch-vinegar
janandonly · 2023-05-11
I've been enjoying an ad-free experience on my iPad, iPhone, and Mac by my one time purchase of "vinegar".
https://andadinosaur.com/launch-vinegar
If YT would now block me completely, I would simply have one less reason to use them at all. PeerTube is my go-to first stop anyways.
mttjj · 2022-06-23
This is Mac only and I have no affiliation other than I like this developer but your request reminded me that he just launched this app: https://andadinosaur.com/launch-history-book
kergonath · 2022-01-14
There is a Safari extension for this. With the added advantage of replacing the stupid YouTube player with standard video controls.
https://andadinosaur.com/launch-vinegar