It 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 ;)
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