The End of ProTube 2
&gt; They basically wanted me to remove every feature that made ProTube what it is – that includes the player itself that allows you to play 60fps videos, background playback, audio only mode and more.<p>&gt; background playback, audio only mode<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;developers.google.com&#x2F;youtube&#x2F;terms&#x2F;developer-policies" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;developers.google.com&#x2F;youtube&#x2F;terms&#x2F;developer-polici...</a><p>&gt; You and your API Clients must not, and must not encourage, enable, or require others to:<p>&gt; separate, isolate, or modify the audio or video components of any YouTube audiovisual content made available as part of, or in connection with, YouTube API Services.<p>&gt; promote separately the audio or video components of any YouTube audiovisual content made available as part of, or in connection with, the YouTube API Services;<p>&gt; create, include, or promote features that play content, including audio or video components, from a background player, meaning a player that is not displayed in the page, tab, or screen that the user is viewing;<p>The author blatantly violated YouTube&#x27;s developer policies then complained that YouTube was upset? Why the victim complex? What did he expect? He&#x27;s lucky they didn&#x27;t choose to go down the lawsuit route instead.<p>This doesn&#x27;t seem like an arbitrary policy either. If he&#x27;s playing the video where the user can&#x27;t see it, the user can&#x27;t see ads. If the user can&#x27;t see ads, the video creator doesn&#x27;t get paid.