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/Offtopic I remember that at some point it was possible to open a Youtube video in Firefox for Android, lock the screen, and it kept on playing. It was great f

• jeroenhd 6y ago
  As far as I know, Firefox still allows you to play video in the background from the lock screen. It's probably YouTube that changed (because they want you to pay them for the feature, because people use YouTube for background music). You can keep it from pausing by requesting the desktop site in Firefox. The mobile site pauses, the desktop site just keeps playing.
  • srg0 6y ago
    Interesting. I tried it in Firefox for Android, and the desktop site plays for a couple of seconds after screen lock and then stops. It might depend on the video.
    • jeroenhd 6y ago
      It probably also depends on the power saving settings your phone enforces. From what I've seen from DontKillMyApp[0] the optimalizations vary widely per manufacturer and probably per device and ROM as well. I don't think the websites cares much, at least it didn't for me and I tested it with a music video (something Youtube usually doesn't like you playing in the background without a subscription). Your phone's settings and optimizations are a more likely culprit, in my opinion. [0]: https://dontkillmyapp.com/ https://dontkillmyapp.com/
• ohgodplsno 6y ago
  It used to work if you were using m.youtube.com. not anymore, sadly. However, NewPipe allows you to do the same thing and is available on f-droid