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YouTube Blocks Background Listening Workaround for Free Users (www.pcmag.com)
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These big tech companies are so ridiculous doing things like this. Everyone must sit and stare at the ads right? :)

I guess everyone knows about Newpipe, otherwise im taking the chance to talk about it here...

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[–] realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm confused because for the Android app this has been blocked for years, it's one of the main reason I use RVX.

[–] dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's why I use YouTube ReVanced on Android which still works great

[–] realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Does ReVanced still work? Google broke it at one point so I switched to RVX.

[–] dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

Yup I've been using it for years. For me it breaks about once a year, then I just download the newer version of the YouTube apk the ReVanced Manager application tells me to and repatch it and it works for another year.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah maybe its not new. The article is new but maybe the writer is not that up to date. I dont use the official app myself either.

[–] realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Background listening

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ah. Yeah that stuff is scary.

[–] realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I love it! It lets you listen to videos while you screen is off.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have that in Newpipe :) Use it all the time.

[–] realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city 2 points 2 days ago

I have that too! But I don't use it primarily, I can't leave likes or comments and Google patches against it way more than RVX. What I love using it for is downloading YouTube videos on the go.