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Background tabs keep playing audio for me, but only one thing at a time can play audio. Maybe it's a case of ads being able to steal media focus? That used to
by wlesieutre 7y ago
Background tabs keep playing audio for me, but only one thing at a time can play audio. Maybe it's a case of ads being able to steal media focus?
That used to happen to me all the time, but it's feels like it's gotten better in 13.
Usually if I want to make sure a video stays active I'll put it in PiP mode. You can throw it off to the side, but then it's easy to pull back up and start if something interrupts it. Not ideal, but not a huge inconvenience either.
- kalleboo 7y agoMight be because YouTube only allows background playback if you pay for Premium?
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- noisem4ker 7y agoYou can work around that with Firefox and this addon[0]. The whole Page Visibility API was a mistake to me. Under no circumstance I can think of I want a website to know if I am looking at it or not. In this case, I consider it to be plainly abused and turned user-hostile. [0] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-background-play-fix/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-backgro...
- Crestwave 7y agoAll browsers on iOS have to use the same engine, though, so you can't use Firefox add-ons there.