@regehr upgrade to youtube premium to watch in a background window

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Like 16 Oct 2023 at 3:56 | Wall-to-wall | Open on strangeobject.space

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Pär Björklund

@JackEric @regehr this is already kind of a thing afaik? One of the early selling points of premium was it would keep playing on a phone with the screen locked for pure audio stuff.

16 Oct 2023 at 5:05 | Open on hachyderm.io

Jordan Biserkov

@Paxxi @JackEric @regehr At least for now, using Firefox on iOS, I'm able to 1) Press play in browser 2) Turn off via power button, playback stops, 3) Turn on via power button 4) Press play on lock screen 5) Turn off via power button, audio continues.

17 Oct 2023 at 8:40 | Open on mas.to

Houston Bova

@JackEric @regehr Agreed. Hosting and streaming videos isn’t free. If they can find a way to make the service not work at all on ad-blocked traffic I can’t say I’m against it.

I guess that’s not a popular stance around here but, not everything can be free. :/

There’s always things like DTube if you need it to be free. But, you’re watching YouTube because people put effort into the platform and content and can only do that because they get paid for it.

16 Oct 2023 at 7:29 | Open on mastodon.social