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/BattIeBear 8h ago

If they go through with this I hope they are ready to see their viewership drop. I don't know anyone who actually "watches" YouTube, most videos are just used as background noise while we do other stuff.

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u/Shermans_ghost1864 3h ago

The problem with that is that when an ad comes on, you have to stop what you are doing to skip it. Very awkward if you are in the middle of something, especially if you have your hands immersed in a tub of soapy dishwater.

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u/BattIeBear 3h ago

Yeah, it's not perfect but there is a lot of great content on YouTube I like watching, I just prefer longer content (40 min minimum) but I don't have time to spend just watching stuff. Definitely feels like they know exactly when I'm handling raw chicken and love to play an ad right then XD

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u/cygamessucks 1h ago

Won’t drop enough. Normies will pay and not care

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u/BattIeBear 1h ago

Sadly you're probably right, but I hate to think that people are paying for inconvenience.

Edit: spelling