I found out recently that my dad has never even heard of Aldi! Oh no!! They're building a new one in a town near him, so I thought I'd buy a few things for him during my weekend visit for him to try out...
To listen while using other apps, switch the player to Picture-in-Picture (PiP) during playback — it keeps playing in a small floating window (the screen stays on).
To listen with the screen fully off, in-browser playback stops by YouTube's design. Open the video in the YouTube app to keep listening where background playback is supported (e.g. with YouTube Premium).
Open in YouTube app