Yes. Other video players (YT, etc) are fine to play sound when in silent mode. I guess design decision 🐶🐾🤷♂️
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Damus will support that, its just not a default thing in the ios video player.
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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72470112/avplayer-audio-only-works-when-ringer-is-on
self.player?.volume = 1.0
Its a feature?