Vinegar is a Safari extension that replaces the YouTube player with a minimal HTML video tag.
It removes ads, restores picture-in-picture, and keeps videos playing in the background.
Note: The “can read information from webpages” text in the permission section is just unfortunate wording. Vinegar needs access to the web page to find the YouTube player and replace it. It’s not doing anything creepy!
What’s New
On videos (and devices) that support 4K, you should see 4K video options in the quality switcher toolbar.
For people with expensive data plans, you can also switch to 144p and 240p.
You can toggle Theater mode with the keyboard shortcut “T” or click the “Theater” text below the video.
Supports keyboard shortcuts like “J” to rewind, “K” to pause, and “L” to forward.
Videos should be playable if you’re signed in with YouTube Premium.
Videos should be added to your watching history if you’re signed in.
Fixed a bunch of 3rd-party website embeds.
Sound no longer plays when you go back to the homepage.
It should preserve timestamp when you switch video quality.
Timestamped URLs (i.e. URLs with &t=123) should now work.
Clicking the chapter links in the description should bring you to the correct time.
You can now select quality for live videos as well.
Privacy-wise, it’s “safer” because now it only has access to web content on youtube.com.