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The Video Background Play Fix extension for Firefox for Android works well too.

It also supports downloads in various formats. Great example of how random groups of people can beat the official offering.

You mean break the copyright law? YouTube is very clear that they want you to pay for the content/service to play content in background.

That's a Terms of Service violation, not copyright law violation.

And enforcement of law and contract should not be built into programs - they're supposed to serve the user, not betray them to corporations and government.

It is a ToS violation at worst.

There are numerous reasons to use the application.

1) FOSS, available in F-Droid.

2) Multitasking.

3) No ghost touching

4) Saves battery.

My alternative would be using Firefox where I utilize uBlock.