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.
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.
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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.
Not working
Extension is not doing anything on ios 16 once activated in settings > safari > extensions
Almost really awesome
I've been looking for an app like this for a while, and this one is *almost* really awesome.
My issue is that it briefly navigates to the non-private site before redirecting to the more-private alternative.
An example is going to google.com. If I search for something on google.com, the browser will in fact navigate to google.com for 0.25 seconds before redirecting to duckduckgo.com. Since one of the ideas behind these private alternatives is to remain unknown to non-private sites, this app fails on that count. google.com's servers do record a web request from my mobile browser, from my IP address, and with my search terms.
I'd chock this up to a technical limitation, but the "Neeva" app intercepts search requests and redirects them to its own site, without first navigating to the default search engine. So it seems like this is a fix-able issue that the app developer could work on.
My issue is that it briefly navigates to the non-private site before redirecting to the more-private alternative.
An example is going to google.com. If I search for something on google.com, the browser will in fact navigate to google.com for 0.25 seconds before redirecting to duckduckgo.com. Since one of the ideas behind these private alternatives is to remain unknown to non-private sites, this app fails on that count. google.com's servers do record a web request from my mobile browser, from my IP address, and with my search terms.
I'd chock this up to a technical limitation, but the "Neeva" app intercepts search requests and redirects them to its own site, without first navigating to the default search engine. So it seems like this is a fix-able issue that the app developer could work on.
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Perfect
Great extension! I use it mostly to redirect YouTube links. And the cool thing is you can use a Piped instance, if you prefer it instead of Invidious!
Great
Safari is now a complete browser for me with this extension. It has good support of most social media websites and lets you use custom instances, but lacks instagram support (with bibliogram) and tiktok (with proxytok). I hope those can be added in the future.
Response from developer
Support for Instagram -> Bibliogram redirects was added to macOS in version 1.3.0 – we'll look into TikTok redirect options soon.
Indispensable
Love the new features for more sites and redirects, always use this and the Firefox extension of the same name
Doesn't work
I could not find how to make it work. Even after activating it in Safari settings.
Not worth it.
I paid the two dollars. It only works less than half the time you go to a page… not all that impressed. Why can’t it redirect every time I go to one of the websites?? Seems like you are selling an unfinished piece of software….
Response from developer
Privacy Redirect only operates on specific pages – if you're encountering an issue with the redirects, please feel free to open an issue on our GitHub (we're open source!) and we can dive into specifics.
