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YouTube confirms blocking background play on third-party browsers (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 2 days ago by misk@piefed.social to c/technology@piefed.social

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[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The fuck is a third-party browser?

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

Ohhhh. I think it's because they banned extensions that can do things like this.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago

Original article: January 28, 2026 (5:39 PM ET): A YouTube Premium subscription not only allows you to avoid ads, but also gives you access to a variety of benefits. However, there are ways to get around YouTube’s paywall to access these features for free. This usually includes turning to a browser that’s not Chrome and using ad blockers. Those who use these workarounds are now reporting that one commonly used feature is now broken.

[–] Una@piefed.europe.pub 4 points 2 days ago

My guess would be browser other than Google Chrome. But idk not entirely sure.