A configurable web extension that redirects Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, Google Maps, Google Search, and Google Translate to privacy friendly alternatives. A fork of Simon Brazell's Chrome and Firefox extension written with SwiftUI and JavaScript for iOS.
Redirects only work intermittently
I have my own setting for the Reddit re-direct and it only works some of the time. Other times it just stays on reddits website instead of performing the re-direct. Hopefully it can be updated?
Great Extension
Works great. Simple and easy to use. Just turn on permissions for the sites you want to replace and presto. It’s nice having a developer stay on top of updating redirects. 👍
Doesn’t work anymore?
Just bought this recently and I’m on the latest iPhone 15 pro max and latest beta os. This doesn’t seem to work anymore.
Hardcoded Instances
No way to use the instance you want. If all the hardcoded instances are rate limited, you’re out of luck. If you want to use your own instance, you can’t. Custom instances are essential for an app like this.
No wikiless
The app is OK, but it doesn't include wikiless.
Great! (But could be perfect)
I love browser Addons like privacy redirect and libredirect on desktop browsers and don’t mind paying for it on iOS to support a developer extending a fork to iOS. I would ask, however, for custom instance domain support to be added. For example, in libredirect (and even privacy redirect I believe) on Firefox I can add any instance or domain I want, including redirect.invidious.io for invidious or simply another redirect service to get online instances automatically. Why this feature is great (and needed with FOSS apps like this imo) is because public instances often go offline or are abandoned by their owners, because the FOSS side of the internet is constantly changing. So please add this feature and make this the best privacy addon on the iOS App Store! Again, thanks for bringing this to iOS. And thanks for taking the time to read this review.
Permission’s bug?
The redirect works great, but there doesn’t seem to be an option to allow all websites in Safari extension settings. I have to go through manually and enable each site. It doesn’t actually seem to prevent redirects, though, so it isn’t a big deal.
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