Hey You Tube... the more petty BS and annoying ads you assault me with, convinces me I’m right in saying I will never, ever, ever pay a subscription to use your app.
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iOS 14 Picture in Picture No Longer Working With YouTube's Mobile Website in Safari [Without Premium]
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As much as I hate YouTube ads and the fact they just blocked PiP, I still think that if Apple did a similar move, most people here would be defending Apple.
It’s YouTube’s way of convincing people to pay for their service. You don’t like it? Pay for it. Don’t wanna pay? Don’t feel entitled.
It’s YouTube’s way of convincing people to pay for their service. You don’t like it? Pay for it. Don’t wanna pay? Don’t feel entitled.
No it works on the mobile website too. I use it on my iPhone.
Being a youtube user on safari I can only say its been a living hell for years.
Forcing people to use their app has been a constant attack in so many ways.
Safari in desktop mode is just so much better than the app when it comes to overview and also i like things the old way.
especially ipad 12,9 needs ddesktop mode.
years of none working pip features, constant adblock changes, blue bars on top of youtube page telling me i am in desktop mode... double blue bars.
Now the ui is horrible ..i have 50% error presses .. pause every time i touch the screen .. no pause on screen touch when i actually want.. youtubes own side menu ruin swipe back.
Lately the adblock none working and every week a different way to avoid the ads.
In this moment I get errors on playback of most videos.. then i need to close browser, wait 5 seconds and open again... sometimes several times to get past the error. BUT I would rather spend 30 seconds doing that than watching an ad!!!
And no I will never pay for premium!
The small period not long back when no adblock worked and i got error at almost all videos I deleted youtube from my favorites bar.
Forcing people to use their app has been a constant attack in so many ways.
Safari in desktop mode is just so much better than the app when it comes to overview and also i like things the old way.
especially ipad 12,9 needs ddesktop mode.
years of none working pip features, constant adblock changes, blue bars on top of youtube page telling me i am in desktop mode... double blue bars.
Now the ui is horrible ..i have 50% error presses .. pause every time i touch the screen .. no pause on screen touch when i actually want.. youtubes own side menu ruin swipe back.
Lately the adblock none working and every week a different way to avoid the ads.
In this moment I get errors on playback of most videos.. then i need to close browser, wait 5 seconds and open again... sometimes several times to get past the error. BUT I would rather spend 30 seconds doing that than watching an ad!!!
And no I will never pay for premium!
The small period not long back when no adblock worked and i got error at almost all videos I deleted youtube from my favorites bar.
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After iOS 14 was made available, the PIP feature worked!
Now, just a few days after the update, the PIP no longers works with Youtube in Safari, Firefox Focus or Google Chrome.
Darn Youtube!
Now, just a few days after the update, the PIP no longers works with Youtube in Safari, Firefox Focus or Google Chrome.
Darn Youtube!
they do the same on android, but you can have the functionality by using third-party browsers (like Edge), or third-party apps that you can find on non-google "app-stores" (like f-droid) or download from the internet and sideload.
I especially like the NewPipe app, very very well made and in my opinion much better than Google's official client.
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Just tried on iOS. Didn’t work. Are you requesting desktop?
On iOS?
It works in Safari as well in desktop mode!
On the contrary, it is your browser, and their markup and scripting are only suggestions: if you want to, you can render the page however you like. That's the same underlying principle as ad blocking, removing tracking gifs, using custom CSS, and all the other things people do with their browsers.
YouTube pip still works on Firefox and chrome. So it could be a bug. Or it could be intentional but curious that it works in chrome... I’d expect google to also disable the functionality in chrome if it is an intentional move.
Maybe Apple should create their own world dominating video sharing platform.
Am I doing it right, fanboys?
Am I doing it right, fanboys?
Try adguard with safari mobile. Im surprised how well it works. The free version seems even open source.
Thanks!
Viewing YT PIP now while typing.
Used Chrome app using Desktop mode.
It does Not work in Safari, Firefox or Firefox Focus even when using desktop mode.
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Works on the DuckDuckGo and Aloha browsers. But, Safari, Chrome, Opera, and Firefox, Google looks like they took an ax to it. Unless you request the desktop site… which, it’ll work again. Or, you can get Premium, which, I think the former route is the one most people will go with, I think.
To be clear, since I ran into this issue, you have to “Request Desktop Site” not the “Desktop” option in the YouTube menu. For some reason, that changes the player slightly to allow PiP.
