Vinegar - Tube Cleaner 3.0.3

Vinegar is a highly efficient Safari extension that offers a seamless user experience by replacing the YouTube player with a clean and minimal HTML video tag. This innovative tool enhances your browsing experience by effectively eliminating ads, enabling picture-in-picture functionality, and ensuring that videos continue to play even when you navigate to other tabs or minimize your browser window.

It should be noted that while the permission section may include slightly misleading language about "reading and altering webpages," Vinegar simply requires access to the webpage in order to locate and replace the YouTube player. Rest assured, there is nothing invasive or intrusive about Vinegar's functionality; it solely aims to improve your online video viewing experience.

On a related note, I would also recommend exploring Vinegar's companion app, Baking Soda. While Baking Soda is slightly less robust than Vinegar, it offers similar benefits and can be utilized on any website apart from YouTube.