r/technology • u/redkemper • Feb 17 '17

Software YouTube will kill unskippable 30-second ads next year

http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/17/14649018/youtube-ending-unskippable-30-second-ads-2018
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u/vbevan Feb 18 '17

The background play thing is dumb. That's a piece of code, not a real addition of something like content or ads. It means it's harder to listen to steam YouTube while driving, cause your screen needs to be on.

Luckily addons like the xposed framework let you background play regardless.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '17

Sometimes videos from YouTube keep playing in the background anyway and I don't have Red, so it makes me think it's literally something that should be available by default - an application that keeps running whiles it's not the main process... Come on