Re:NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
by noisem4ker on Friday July 17, 2020 @02:14PM
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With Android, I believe you could always run anything you wanted in the background, provided you had enough memory. Starting with versions 5-6, restrictions have been put in to prevent abuses and battery draining with the user unaware of it. The two OSs converged towards a mean point from opposite directions in this case.
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Re:NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
by kevin_thibedeau on Friday July 17, 2020 @02:55PM
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They're inconsistent. On Firefox Android you can't play in the background using the mobile site but if you switch to the desktop site all of a sudden background play starts working.
Re:NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
by noisem4ker on Friday July 17, 2020 @04:57PM
(#23875460)
That's because Google deliberately prevents background playback on mobile devices, bringing mobile browsers down to the same level of the YouTube app using shady JavaScript APIs. This add-on should fix it: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-backgro...