Yes, actually!
replyWell, it does require you to install an extension[0], but it can be done.
Thats good to know, but I am a "out of the box" person. I never want to have to manually install extensions as thats just more stuff to remember when setting up a new machine. Yea thats a me problem, but still.
replyIt used to support it out-of-the-box as well, but it's technically against YouTube's ToS to allow this without paying for a premium, so now you need this as an extra hoop.
replyWhy should a browser be policing YouTube’s ToS for them?
replyAgreed, this sounds strange indeed. Much more likely is that Google found a reliable way to detect the screen status using a standard feature and Mozilla just implements the standard neutrally
replyWouldn't know, as I have never been in charge of one, but I imagine Google having the power to make your browser completely irrelevant would be a pretty strong incentive.
replyYou want to have your cake and eat it too, I think the best solution in your case is paying for youtube
replyOr I just keep using brave and not pay for the biggest media corpo that just passed Disney in revenue.
replyWas Brave pre-installed on your computer or did you remember to install it?
replyYou don't install software on your machines that didn't come pre-installed/configured?
replyThey're literally asking for a paid YouTube feature to be free "out of the box". Lol wild.
replyNah I want general media playback in the background. Doesn't matter if its Youtube or any other platform. I dont want giga corpos to monetize my attention. Youtube does well enough from ads anyway ;)
replyEven youtube's app itself doesn't allow that unless you pay. I suspect they've nobbled most browsers into not allowing it, either by technical measures or (more likely) the strong-arm tactic of saying “if you don't block this we'll find a way to make the entire of youtube practically unusable on your browser”.
replyI've been using Grayjay recently which does allow that, amongst a number of other useful features (integrating other media sources, lack of adverts every few minutes in some content). Might be worth considering as an option.
Kagi’s Orion browser on iOS is able to play YT vids in the background.
replyYou can play yt video in firefox with locked screen but you need to use desktop mode
replyIt allows you to play youtube without ads with ublock origin.
replyI used ublock origin for a while, but I kept having issues with it on Youtube due to Youtubes anti adblock measurements. Brave for some reason always had a fix for it pretty quickly, so I never experienced these issues with it. Maybe I could try a different browser again on my next machine.
replyIn iOS kinda yes; you have to request desktop version, and once you activate the lock screen for the first time you have to press “play”. Then it just plays and auto plays in the background.
replyDon’t know about android, but there is also an extension there that blocks the visibility page api for YouTube.
Why not simply use NewPipe [0]?
replyYou also get ad filtering and you can download Audio/Video streams from within the app.
Yes. That's the primary reason I use it, but you have to install an extension called "Video Background Play Fix".
replyTubular app does, and it blocks ads
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