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   Annika Backstrom (annika@xoxo.zone)'s status on Saturday, 03-Aug-2024 03:37:25 JST Annika Backstrom

   Replacing the YouTube Android app with a shortcut to the website in Firefox gives me ad blocking (uBlock) and background playing (Video Background Play Fix) for free. Is it any wonder companies push their apps?

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     Dan Wineman (dwineman@xoxo.zone)'s status on Saturday, 03-Aug-2024 09:25:53 JST Dan Wineman

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     @annika A really fun detail about that is that on iOS, the App Store rules explicitly forbid paywalling built-in features like background audio and picture-in-picture. Many apps not made by Google have been rejected for trying to do the same thing. It’s baffling to me that Apple would give special advantages to its main competitor. What could they be protecting? We’ll probably never know.