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Jailbreak tweaks of the week: Cucu, Playtopia 2, Vide, & more…

Despite the lull that the jailbreak community is experiencing amid anticipation for iOS & iPadOS 15 this Fall, we continue to see interesting new jailbreak tweak developments and jailbreak-centric news.

Many of those releases and news breaks happen when we’re distracted by our lives, and important tidbits can be easy to miss as a result. That’s the primary reason why iDownloadBlog curates these weekly recaps — it’s an effort to keep everyone on the same page despite all the chaos life brings.

This tweak prevents the YouTube app from nagging you to subscribe to YouTube Premium

As a YouTube Premium user, I’m glad that I no longer need to cope with the barrage of endless pop-ups that would attempt to upsell me on an upgraded YouTube experience comprised of support for background playback, offline video downloads, and ad-free viewing.

Having said that, I sympathize for the free YouTube users out there who are nagged time and time again to upgrade to YouTube Premium. While it’s annoying enough to try and watch videos with ad inserts every few seconds, the user experience is even more heavily degraded by those persistent money-grabbing pop-ups being added to the mix.

Some of the best jailbreak tweaks for Dark Mode on iOS 14

One of the features I use non-stop on both my iPhone and iPad is Dark Mode. It’s something I wanted Apple to incorporate into its platform for eons after enjoying a multitude of jailbreak tweaks that unofficially provided the capability for so many years. That wish was granted in iOS & iPadOS 13, and it continues to be a popular feature even in iOS & iPadOS 14.

Now that we’ve enjoyed Dark Mode out of the box on the iOS and iPadOS platforms for a couple of years, it’s only natural that the jailbreak community has developed different ways of augmenting how we use and interact with it. Whether or not you’ve been following along for all that time, this piece will briefly summarize what we think are some of the best jailbreak tweaks for upgrading the Dark Mode user experience on iOS 14.

What’s new in iOS 15 beta 5

Apple's marketing image showing an iOS 15 icon set against a colorful burred background

Earlier today, Apple seeded the fifth beta of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 (and tvOS 15) to developers. Even though we're nearing the public launch of the software, it looks like Apple's not quite finished adding and tweaking a few things with the software.

Apple’s head of privacy addresses concerns regarding the new Expanded Protections for Children

It should come as no surprise that Apple has had to go out of its way a bit to offer more context related to some of the newest features coming soon to its major platforms. With it being centered around child protections, but using some invasive efforts to get there, people are concerned the company might be overstepping. In an effort to assuage fears and concerns, Apple's tried to shine as much light on the new features as possible.