Download the exclusive IPA if you enjoy tinkering. If you just want to watch videos, buy a used iPhone SE (1st gen) on iOS 14, or use the Safari browser on iOS 9.3.5 (which barely works for YouTube).
There are three reasons that old version no longer works: youtube ipa for ios 935 exclusive
But for a specific, stubborn subset of the internet, the YouTube experience is entirely different. It is cleaner. It is ad-free. It allows videos to play in the background while the screen is locked. And it runs on hardware that Apple long ago declared obsolete. Download the exclusive IPA if you enjoy tinkering
But for the purists holding that cold stainless steel edge of the iPhone 4s? The hunt for the perfect legacy IPA continues. It is cleaner
"The appeal isn't just about piracy or blocking ads," says Alex , a developer who maintains a repository of these files on a popular Discord server dedicated to legacy iOS devices. "It’s about reclaiming the device. If I’m running an iPhone 6 on iOS 9.3.5, the official YouTube app is a sluggish, crashing mess. An optimized IPA strips out the bloat. It makes a nine-year-old phone feel usable again."