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Well for music, people may want to continue listening to music when their phones are off or the app is in the background.

For video I agree it doesn't make much sense, but in a web app world if you're recording video you may want to turn off the screen or do other things just like a computer. It should at least show you in the notification area.

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i can think a scenario where the phone is acting as a sort of security camera. or you are using it as a replacement for web cam when you stream from your pc. etc. but i agree most of those are edge cases.

It's not as much of an edge case; spare (particularly, old) phones and tablets are used as DIY home security systems, baby monitors, etc.

And even edge cases should be supported. Maybe the default in Firefox should be to disable the camera when you lock your phone, but then it should have a setting to do otherwise, and it certainly shouldn't be rendered impossible by the OS (rather than, say, having a separate permission).

Heck even for video. Google is hammering youtube pro down my throat for the benefit of continuing pkaying while backgrounded

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