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by Mindwipe 872 days ago
Come on.

The YouTube Music app blocks you from navigating to a different song at the same time as playing a track if it decides that the track is primarily aimed at under 18s (such as the theme from a retro cartoon).

It's UI might charitably be described as a total catastrophe.
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heapoverflow 871 days ago
That is a COPPA compliance thing and is true on the regular YouTube app as well:

https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/01/30/why-youtube-videos-...

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jack_pp 871 days ago
Well compare that to Spotify which can only show videos full screen in one orientation and needs to be force stopped constantly because podcasts block a lot.

Also, I never encountered the problem you complain about.

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