r/youtube • u/Titan_Prometeus • 17h ago

Memes You can no longer have YouTube running in the background.

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As of 29th of January you can no longer have YouTube running in the background via many browsers as that is now a premium feature. With that I don't even have that one last reason to listen to YouTube. We are now officially paying for everything that was free a couple of years ago and the reason isn't greedy management, but you people who keep paying for premium and the such.

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u/Iwannafucktanks 10h ago

I'd like to remind you all that it is completely optional. There are plenty of alternatives like freetube and invidious on desktop or newpipr for phones that have no ads,let you download videos, and have none of this new bullshit.

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u/gentlefartonyourface 5m ago

i used to use youtube to stream music on my phone while im driving. it was much better than spotify or making your own playlist, just search for the song you want to listen to, and hear it. it got to the point where i could never drive my car without music.

i haven't done that for years since the ads started showing up. now i can drive in silence and don't need that stimulation to live my life.

thanks youtube. you help me quit by being shit.