Google has arguably decided to make YouTube’s user experience a restrictive struggle for non-Premium users. Its aggressive campaign against ad-blockers includes intentionally turning off comments and descriptions, preventing playback, and throttling videos for users who install the extensions.
Earlier this year, I reported that YouTube had blocked background play on third-party mobile browsers. The company justified the unpopular move by stating that background play is reserved exclusively for Premium…

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