The Quest for YouTube on iOS 5.1.1: Why the “YouTube IPA” is a Digital Fossil
Once configured, the "useful story" becomes one of nostalgia: youtube ipa for ios 511
Yes, but not through an app.
90% of legacy users have a jailbroken device. If yours isn't jailbroken, use redsn0w or Absinthe 2.0 to jailbreak iOS 5.1.1 first. Blog Title: The Quest for YouTube on iOS 5
An IPA file is essentially a compressed archive of binary code—an application package for iOS. While Android users can easily install old versions of apps (APKs) from third-party archives, Apple’s "walled garden" makes this difficult. To run an IPA on iOS 5.1.1 today, users cannot simply download it from the App Store; the store no longer supports the device. They must "side-load" it. An IPA file is essentially a compressed archive