News Xiaomi's free YouTube background playback hack is getting shut down

[AC News]

Xiaomi is ditching the free feature that allows users to play YouTube videos in the background without subscribing to Premium.

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[Mooncatt]

I remember when background play was a standard feature. No way I'm paying what amounts to a ransom to get it back. I doubt many of these users will be doing so either. I hope Google wasn't expecting a windfall from new subscribers.