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YouTube won't play in the background anymore when I close the Google app

Chrome won't play youtube in the background anymore because they want you to have premium on the youtube app.
If on android, use Firefox. Start a video, then click home button and the pull down notification center and press play on the browser media player.
Similar goes for safari on iOS