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by teekert 1859 days ago
I just switched from Android and I love iOS (iPhone 12 mini). But man do I miss Firefox (the real one, not the Safari skin) and man do I miss f-droid (specifically gems like GadgetBridge). If only I could have those 2 things.
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There's Cydia: https://cydia-app.com/

And if you have a Mac, you can build and install apps on your own device with Xcode. No Apple developer paid account required.

AltStore does something similar by signing IPA files with your personal key: https://altstore.io/.

The site you linked to (hxxps://cydia-app.com/) is unofficial, links to piracy and spyware sites, and should not be trusted. The official Cydia site is https://cydia.saurik.com/ but it doesn't include much information about Cydia and jailbreaks. To find out what jailbreaks are available for your device, check the r/Jailbreak wiki. (https://www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/wiki/ios/canijailbreak)
A better 'how to jailbreak' is https://canijailbreak.com/ which is ran by some well-respected community members https://justapengu.in/about
Thanks, too late to edit. Wasn't obviously a scam when I first looked at it.
As a long time AdAway (with Root) user on on my daily driver, I am struggling with ads after moving to iPhone (12 mini). Most Games (I have tried) are barely playable for ads. And I miss "NewPipe" sooo much :(

I am keeping an old android device around just for using NewPipe.

I also kept my OnePlus3 and flashed it with lineageOS with MicroG. Specifically for NewPipe and GadgetBridge indeed.