YouTube blocks browser workarounds: Background playback now exclusive to Premium

[Redaktion]

YouTube is cracking down on browser workarounds that previously enabled background playback. Users who want to listen to music or podcasts with their screen locked will soon need a YouTube Premium subscription.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/YouTube-blocks-browser-workarounds-Background-playback-now-exclusive-to-Premium.1217042.0.html

[Worgarthe]

...stating that background playback is a YouTube Premium-exclusive feature and will now be strictly enforced across all platforms to ensure consistent usage.

All platforms? Lol, I would love to see that happen in Windows/Linux/MacOS/Unix...

[anonimous]

Just checked, nope, still works like charm.

[opckieran]

Still working for me.

But, Google can go f*ck themselves regardless.

[xro]

Yep, doesn't work lol. Such a POS company Google has become. Do like me: not a penny more to this company ever, find a workaround for everything, dump their products including Chrome and so on

[reatdas @ notebookchatt]

1. fucking bots shilling ads (no  you do not need a samsung to get around it)
2. al slop (the normal device still work. the ai slop is wrong)
3. fucking retarded cunts

[reatdas @ notebookchatt]

Just checked, nope, still works like charm.

Of course
this is only broken on ai slop

[Worgarthe]

I just checked now, wasn't on my phone yesterday; works in VLC, works in Firefox (Ublock Origin as the only installed extension). Firefox doesn't even have to be in desktop mode. Nothing Phone (3a), Android 16.