What's the best video game background music to chill/read to?
FTL’s soundtracks by Ben Prunty are great to listen to. There is a wide variety of interesting electronic soundtracks that sound amazing.Here’s an example of one FTL: Faster Than Light - Main Theme
Why can't I use YouTube in the background in Android just like any music player app?
Music apps implement the background feature by means of playing audio through background services which stay alive even after an app’s activities are stopped. Youtube app has not done this as videos are usually meant to be actively viewed in the foreground and requires the user to actively stay on the app. That said, listening to audio/music on Youtube is a common use-case.Youtube ‘Red’ provides the background feature for those who have subscribed to it. It turns out that a bunch of browsers play videos in the background background even after you move away from the browser to another app. I came across this article which shows interesting ways to play videos in background.