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Vinegar
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Vinegar | One-time purchase on the App Store · Universal purchase for iPhone, iPad, and Mac · No in-app purchases | $1.99, paid once |
As andadinosaur.com lists them, read 13 Nov 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Facts from Vinegar's own pages
- Ad removal
- The original Vinegar extension removes in-video ads; Vinegar Extract does not block ads. · andadinosaur.com, 13 Nov 2026
- Background playback
- Vinegar can keep videos playing when switching browser tabs and supports an audio-only stream while Safari is in the background. · andadinosaur.com, 13 Nov 2026
- Embedded videos
- Vinegar also works on embedded YouTube videos on other websites. · andadinosaur.com, 13 Nov 2026
- Extension interaction
- The original Vinegar and Vinegar Extract should not both be enabled at the same time. · andadinosaur.com, 13 Nov 2026
- Founded
- 2021 · andadinosaur.com, 19 Oct 2026
- Known issue
- Some YouTube API 403 errors can make videos unwatchable, causing fallback to YouTube's ad-laden website videos. · andadinosaur.com, 13 Nov 2026
- Maker
- Vinegar is made by Zhenyi Tan, who says they make apps including Vinegar. · andadinosaur.com, 13 Nov 2026
- Other video sites
- At launch, support for other video sites was only a possibility for the future. · andadinosaur.com, 13 Nov 2026
- Picture-in-picture
- Vinegar restores picture-in-picture functionality. · andadinosaur.com, 13 Nov 2026
- Privacy
- The developer states Vinegar does not collect, store, or transmit personal information. · andadinosaur.com, 13 Nov 2026
- Purpose
- Vinegar replaces YouTube's player with a minimal HTML video tag. · andadinosaur.com, 13 Nov 2026
- Support
- The maker offers support by email and Mastodon. · andadinosaur.com, 13 Nov 2026
- Tracking
- Vinegar prevents YouTube from tracking play, pause, and seek activities. · andadinosaur.com, 13 Nov 2026
Where Vinegar stands on Freedom251
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