Vinegar YouTube extension
Shares rank 48 of 70 browser extensions by recommenders
Recommended for restoring native HTML5 video on sites like YouTube and for being worth its small one-time price. Critics report duplicate video copies and playback controls that do nothing.
Recommended for restoring native HTML5 video on sites like YouTube and for being worth its small one-time price. Critics report duplicate video copies and playback controls that do nothing.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Works with YouTube's mobile website
“for YouTube I use Vinegar. I don't use the YouTube app, prefer the mobile website.”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “GenCAD” “It restores the native HTML5 element to websites like YouTube”
Comment from 19 Feb 2026 in “YouTube Blocks Background Listening Workaround for Free Users”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Duplicate copies of the video
“It has a lot of issues and sometimes it seems like there are two copies of the video”
Comment from 19 Feb 2026 in “YouTube Blocks Background Listening Workaround for Free Users” Playback controls do nothing
“the actual controls do nothing (play/pause, rewind/forward)”
Comment from 19 Feb 2026 in “YouTube Blocks Background Listening Workaround for Free Users”
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| Vinegar YouTube extensionThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I think Vinegar was well worth the small one-time price, and I like supporting the developer.”
“for YouTube I use Vinegar. I don't use the YouTube app, prefer the mobile website.”
“It has a lot of issues and sometimes it seems like there are two copies of the video”
“the actual controls do nothing (play/pause, rewind/forward)”
“Vinegar background audio while locked hasn’t worked for the past several weeks.”
“It restores the native HTML5 element to websites like YouTube”
“Dried vinegar does not irritate dogs. They will avoid the area while it smells like pickles.”
“vinegar will not hurt your dogs”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.