"Most users tend to associate and purchase YouTube Premium to remove ads on the popular platform. However, there are a few other features Google locks behind that paywall as well. Most notably - background playback. That said, for quite some time now, crafty developers and their respective users have enjoyed ways of getting the feature for free. The simplest approach was to use a third-party browser like Samsung Internet, Brave or Vivaldi (to name a few) to play content in the background."
"After an avalanche of user reports over the past few days, Google has finally confirmed that it is cracking down on such loopholes for background playback. 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."
Google updated YouTube to prevent non-Premium users from using background playback via mobile web browsers and ensure consistency across platforms. Background playback is now intended to be exclusive to YouTube Premium members, and Google says it has updated the experience to close loopholes that previously allowed background audio through third-party browsers. Users had used third-party browsers such as Samsung Internet, Brave, or Vivaldi to play content in the background without Premium. Additional workarounds remain available but typically require more effort than opening a browser. The change targets easy browser-based methods and reinforces the Premium paywall for background playback.
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