YouTube Should Continue Playing Audio In The Background, Even With The Screen Off.
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Staten Island, NY Posted: 8/22/2015 1:00:00 AM
Sometimes the audio is all you need.
For those times when all you really need is the audio, it's a shame to waste all that bandwidth playing the video portion too. In fact, many people use YouTube just to listen to playlists of music videos. Unfortunately, in order to listen to the music, you need to keep the screen turned on, and you can't run another App without stopping the music.
Although Internet bandwidth is getting dirt cheap, it's not free, and videos drain batteries faster than audio alone. So, why give people the option to turn off the video portion and just listen to the audio?
The obvious reason they block people from playing audio in the background is so they can see the advertising. The fact is, people who use YouTube for music won't see the ads anyway, because they won't be looking at the screen anyway. The solution is for the App to play audio commercials whenever the player determines that the screen is off or if the App is running in the background.
Joe Crescenzi, Founder
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