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on Android, How is Mozilla able to play youtube legally while screen is off or in the background

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wrightpt
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I am considering making an application for Android. I was wondering how is it legal for Mozilla to do this? has youtube came after mozilla?

What should I know.

Would this be an issue?

There have been applications removed from the play store for this very reason it seems.

http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/youtube-puts-end-to-streamus-music-streaming-app-1201544712/

https://developers.google.com/youtube/terms

Thank you so much

I am considering making an application for Android. I was wondering how is it legal for Mozilla to do this? has youtube came after mozilla? What should I know. Would this be an issue? There have been applications removed from the play store for this very reason it seems. http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/youtube-puts-end-to-streamus-music-streaming-app-1201544712/ https://developers.google.com/youtube/terms Thank you so much

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Kevin
Kevin
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Firefox is a web browser, it requests content that is reachable by any browser. Firefox is not using the YouTube API.

wrightpt
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thx, in theory I could port Chromium Embedded Framework to an Android app and play video in the background & with the screen off. the same way Firefox does, straight from the net, not the api. is that too far fetched?