diff --git a/src/client/player.rs b/src/client/player.rs
index 1fd00ab..1c5567d 100644
--- a/src/client/player.rs
+++ b/src/client/player.rs
@@ -245,15 +245,16 @@ impl RustyPipeQuery {
     /// The order may change in the future in case YouTube applies changes to their
     /// platform that disable a client or make it less reliable.
     pub fn player_client_order(&self) -> &'static [ClientType] {
-        // Default to the InnerTube clients that don't need player.js deobfuscation
-        // (Android, iOS). Tv is kept as a final fallback for when the mobile clients
-        // return degraded responses. Desktop is only used when botguard is wired
-        // (po_token signing) because it otherwise serves obfuscated URLs we can't
-        // currently deobf on YT's newer player versions.
+        // Default to iOS first — it skips player.js deobfuscation entirely (pre-signed
+        // stream URLs) AND doesn't require device attestation the way the Android
+        // client does. Tv is the secondary fallback (it does need a sig_timestamp
+        // request param, but its responses are typically OK). Android is included
+        // when botguard/po_token signing is wired because then we can satisfy YT's
+        // device attestation requirement.
         if self.client.inner.botguard.is_some() {
-            &[ClientType::Android, ClientType::Ios, ClientType::Desktop, ClientType::Tv]
+            &[ClientType::Ios, ClientType::Android, ClientType::Tv, ClientType::Desktop]
         } else {
-            &[ClientType::Android, ClientType::Ios, ClientType::Tv]
+            &[ClientType::Ios, ClientType::Tv]
         }
     }