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misk ( misk@piefed.social )  to Technology@piefed.socialEnglish · 8 months ago

YouTube confirms blocking background play on third-party browsers

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YouTube confirms blocking background play on third-party browsers

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misk ( misk@piefed.social )  to Technology@piefed.socialEnglish · 8 months ago
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YouTube may be blocking background play on third-party browsers (Update: Google confirms)
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YouTube's background play feature has stopped working on Samsung Internet, Microsoft Edge, Brave, and other browsers.
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  • johny4JJ1 ( johny4JJ1@piefed.social ) 
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    8 months ago

    Long live revanced 👌

  • Homosexual sapiens ( Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    The fuck is a third-party browser?

    • Kairos ( LodeMike@lemmy.today ) 
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      Original article: January 28, 2026 (5:39 PM ET): A YouTube Premium subscription not only allows you to avoid ads, but also gives you access to a variety of benefits. However, there are ways to get around YouTube’s paywall to access these features for free. This usually includes turning to a browser that’s not Chrome and using ad blockers. Those who use these workarounds are now reporting that one commonly used feature is now broken.

    • Una ( Una@piefed.europe.pub ) 
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      My guess would be browser other than Google Chrome. But idk not entirely sure.

    • Kairos ( LodeMike@lemmy.today ) 
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      Ohhhh. I think it’s because they banned extensions that can do things like this.

  • Seefra 1 ( sefra1@lemmy.zip ) 
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    Works on NewPipe :)

  • XLE ( XLE@piefed.social ) 
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    Brave on Android still works for me, although given Google’s propensity to do unannounced AB testing on its users, I wouldn’t be surprised if that didn’t hold true for most other people.

  • Truscape ( Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    Grayjay’s got it covered.

  • passenger ( passenger@sopuli.xyz ) 
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    8 months ago

    Firefox Android with extensions “video background play fix” and ublock origin

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