YouTube seems to be blocking background video playback on Samsung Internet, Brave, and other browsers

Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨BrikoX@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.zip⁩

Reports claim YouTube no longer plays in the background on Samsung Internet and Brave, breaking a popular screen-off audio workaround.

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hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Use frontends: FreeTube, and Grayjay (desktop).

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01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
How can you watch those ads, if your screen if off?? Won’t anyone think of the c suite and board??! Oh, and of the shareholders, I guess?!

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cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
It works fine in Firefox on Android if you switch to the desktop site.

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buckykat@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
That’s what NewPipe is for

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