# Video Background Play Fix

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/video-background-play-fix/

10 people recommended Video Background Play Fix in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 12 months, in 7 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend this free Firefox extension for keeping video playing in the background, including on Firefox for Android, as an alternative to official YouTube apps.

Summary written by Claude from 9 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Works on Firefox and Firefox Android (3 comments in the sample): "Still working on IronFox (Firefox fork) on Android with the Video Background Fix extension." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46834969)) "Still seems to work with Firefox on Android and the Video Background fix extension too." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47081879)) "Highly recommended on firefox." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46834960))
- Alternative to official YouTube apps (2 comments in the sample): "it was something clearly targeted to mobile browsers for people like me who don't bother with official apps anymore" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46834947)) "Or just install Video Background Play Fix" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47770631))

## Other browser extensions people recommend

- [SponsorBlock](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sponsorblock/): 125 recommend, 5 mixed, 4 criticize
- [Firefox Multi-Account Containers](https://hackerapproved.com/p/firefox-containers/): 54 recommend, 18 mixed, 11 criticize
- [NoScript](https://hackerapproved.com/p/noscript/): 50 recommend, 9 mixed, 11 criticize
- [Unhook](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unhook/): 44 recommend, 2 mixed, 5 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Video Background Play Fix", https://hackerapproved.com/p/video-background-play-fix/ (10 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.