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Safari. With 1Blocker and SponsorBlock.

„But what about listening in the background?“
Simple.
Video in Full-Screen, put Safari in background and activate videoplay from the Control Center.

I don‘t need a YouTube app. It just forces me to sign up and watch ads.

Good point. Guess most apps are kinda like that. Except paid ones maybe.
 
Safari. With 1Blocker and SponsorBlock.

„But what about listening in the background?“
Simple.
Video in Full-Screen, put Safari in background and activate videoplay from the Control Center.

I don‘t need a YouTube app. It just forces me to sign up and watch ads.
Just use pipfier
It’s free and take a second
 
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