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by behnamoh 1028 days ago
The thing is: I can't even do media consumptions and web browsing on iPad. Browsing the web without uBlock and a few other extensions is a battle I'm not willing to fight. And so many video codecs not supported on iPad makes it unusable for media consumption. And have you tried opening your videos in other apps? Guess what? The file gets copied to the other app, meaning that now you have two versions of the same movie/whatever.

The iPadOS is so broken in basic ways that I can't even.

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For web browsing I recommend installing Firefox Focus and then using that as a content blocker.
You can even! Just gotta put a little leg work in.

AdGuard and Hush for ad blocking, both free.

VLC for video, has built in ftp server which makes loading your pirated videos on super easy.

foobar2000 for music. Hands down the best music player, also has ftp support for easily loading all your favorite pirated music.

Bitwarden for password/totp management.

Joplin for notes (free). GoodNotes for pdf/sketchnotes (not free but worth it imho)

There are decent Adblock apps for iPad.