"Background playback is supposed to be limited to YouTube Premium subscribers through the official iOS or Android app, but many people have been using browsers like Brave, Vivaldi, and Edge to get background playback without a subscription."
"Background playback is a feature intended to be exclusive for YouTube Premium members,"
"While some non-Premium users may have previously been able to access this through mobile web browsers in certain scenarios, we have updated the experience to ensure consistency across all our platforms."
"Some Firefox users have managed to switch the browser's user-agent string to Android VR to keep the background playback loophole alive."
YouTube has started blocking third-party mobile browsers from using a background playback loophole on mobile web. Background playback is intended to be limited to YouTube Premium subscribers through the official iOS and Android apps. Many users previously accessed background playback without a subscription using browsers such as Brave, Vivaldi, Edge, and Samsung Internet. A Google spokesperson said background playback is intended to be exclusive for Premium members and that the experience was updated to ensure consistency across all platforms. Samsung Internet users reported the block first, followed by Brave, Vivaldi, and Microsoft Edge users. Some Firefox users circumvent the block by switching the browser's user-agent string to Android VR.
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