[stavros]

> At least this is a loosing game for Google, since this is client side behaviour.

This is where their most brilliant engineers have bested you, because they control the client too.

[bpavuk]

and my answer is Firefox! (maybe also Ladybird and Servo in distant future)

[lostmsu]

Currently Firefox on Android doesn't play YouTube videos in background.

UPD found https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/video-backgro... elsewhere in the thread

[stavros]

I agree with you there. Anything non-Chrome is better than Chrome.