At least on iOS you can play in the background without a subscription, you just have to press Play again on the lock screen: https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/ke

At least on iOS you can play in the background without a subscription, you just have to press Play again on the lock screen: https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/keep-youtube-playing-in-background-on-iphone/ https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/keep-youtube-playing-in-bac... That aside, Premium Lite is for people who use YouTube for the video content (as opposed to only for the audio), which is most people.