YouTube now blocking background playback on mobile browsers

YouTube has started to artifact third-party mobile browsers from utilizing a inheritance playback loophole. Background playback is expected to beryllium constricted to YouTube Premium subscribers done the authoritative iOS oregon Android app, but galore radical person been utilizing browsers similar Brave, Vivaldi, and Edge to get inheritance playback without a subscription. Not anymore.

"Background playback is simply a diagnostic intended to beryllium exclusive for YouTube Premium members," says an unnamed Google spokesperson successful a connection to Android Authority. "While immoderate non-Premium users whitethorn person antecedently been capable to entree this done mobile web browsers successful definite scenarios, we person …

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