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Re:Android 8.0 Oreo, thoroughly reviewed by kuschku on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @08:53AM (#15174616)
That’s their problem. A browser should always give a user the upper hand.

Browser block popups, forcefully enable right-click on sites that disable it, browsers allow users to forcefully enable zoom, or background playback.

And just like that, browsers should also allow users to forcefully enable PiP.

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Re:Android 8.0 Oreo, thoroughly reviewed by noisem4ker on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @02:20PM (#15177786)
In a similar fashion, Firefox for Android should prevent YouTube from pausing when it detects it has lost focus, as that's clearly an abuse of power with the shameless intent to inhibit non-Chrome browser functionality. See my other comment a little up the tree.

Too bad Mozilla won't ever dare to defend themselves from Google's bullying and will happily accept having background playback on YouTube, until now one of the primary motives for people to try Fennec out, being taken away.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1355407

RESOLVED WONTFIX

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Re:Android 8.0 Oreo, thoroughly reviewed by apostacy on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @08:42PM (#15180269)
Thank you for sharing this. These are exactly the types of pain points where Mozilla could distinguish itself.
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