Outdated
The twitter domain is outdated.
Pointless
Hasn't been updated in forever so pretty much all the redirects are broken, and you can't add custom redirects to fix that.
Doesn‘t work for x.com
That was the primary reason I wanted to use the app
Unmaintained by Developer
I bought this extension because I don’t want to use Twitter and I wanted something that would redirect any Twitter link to the corresponding Nitter link. While the extension still technically works, the dev hasn’t updated the app in ~2 years which means the Nitter instances it points to no longer function and users can’t manually enter alternate Nitter instances. I considered submitting a PR to update the Nitter instances list but the devs haven’t even accepted a simple PR that would update their extension to work for x.com links.
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Abandoned - doesn’t work on X
Everything is hardcoded, and it’s abandoned. Useless
Help
This works perfectly as intended. However, I lots of the instances are outdated and I can’t figure out how to add custom ones. In the app’s instance settings, there are only options to change from the provided preconfigured instances. Neither can I find anywhere to add custom instances in Settings>Apps>Safari>Extensions>PrivacyRedirect.
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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?
Very much out of date, redirects do not function properly.
Please release some sort of update.
Shockingly Bad to Setup
The instructions are very simple- enable a few configuration then “Allow in every website”..
Then the horror realisation that the list contains what looks like 500 websites and all have to be clicked individually without any option for a group selection.
It is Tuesday night, I would have to keep
Clicking til Thursday lunchtime..
Fellaciously Shocking!
Then the horror realisation that the list contains what looks like 500 websites and all have to be clicked individually without any option for a group selection.
It is Tuesday night, I would have to keep
Clicking til Thursday lunchtime..
Fellaciously Shocking!
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Great
I like the extension, though there is only one problem; the redirect only occurs when the page of the website (e.g reddit) is fully loaded, which does compromise privacy. This is the only thing stopping the extension from receiving a 5 star.
Pretty much useless unless you can define your own instances
Does it’s job, however there is no consideration for outages of certain instances.
I’d like to be able to set the links to my self hosted instances.
I’d like to be able to set the links to my self hosted instances.
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.
A little clunky on ios17
Took a while to get it to work on iOS 17. Initial setup didn’t work, a day later it does. Also, you have to enable access to all sites by hand, which are hundreds if you want all. It doesn't support redirecting youtube embeds or previews from apps (like when you tap a link in e.g. a Lemmy app). In Safari, it works as expected now.
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Opens the original site before redirecting
Works mostly as advertised but I can often see the original website (e.g. YouTube) rendered before being redirected to the corresponding alternative (e.g. Invidious). That doesn’t seem very privacy friendly.
Everything works except twitter
It’s working great so far for every redirect except for twitter. I have tried multiple different instances and none of them work, it always goes to twitter instead
A very critical tool for privacy!
But, messed up by someone who has no clue how to code properly!
Even more interesting, the idea has been copied from someone else - although this developer has credited the original inventor on GitHub!
The extension inside Safari has probably a few hundreds lines which you must approve (ALLOW) one by one!
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Even more interesting, the idea has been copied from someone else - although this developer has credited the original inventor on GitHub!
The extension inside Safari has probably a few hundreds lines which you must approve (ALLOW) one by one!
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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.
