It can be a bit buggy at times, but when it comes to just playing music with the screen locked, it's perfect.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-background-play-fix/
There are simpler ways - using newpipe, grayjay, etc.
It's just a single install. But fair point. This allows you to create playlists, though.
Any of these (YouTube Music) players are better choices than using an extension on a browser.
Also better features like lyrics, better interface...
blud just install newpipe
What I do is I just jump into Termux and yt-dlp that shit. Then I can listen to it however I want, and I have it for ever, if I want.
edit: (Also I'm just not a huge fan of addons, but if you are and this works for you, that's cool)
But you don't need an extension for that? Just standard firefox can already do that.
Yeah. For me the video stops when I lock the screen (or change apps) but I can then press play again on the lock screen (or in the drop down notifications when changed to another app).
This might be about the auto pause that happens during playlist. However OP did not say so I might be wrong.
You can also use yt music revanced.
I also use it to listen to podcasts/ lore videos without having my screen on when I'm falling asleep. It's also nice for driving. If you make a playlist and have an ad blocker, it WILL continue on to the next song.
I'm actually thinking of forking Firefox and making a lite version mostly geared towards playing YouTube content without ads and without restrictions.
Just use NewPipe or one of it's forks.
You know Firefox for android does this natively. No plugin required.
YSK: Revanced is a thing that exists.
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