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YouTube Music is Google's latest stab at a Spotify rival

Posted by Deimos
Tags: google, spotify, streaming, youtube.music, business, features, author.joan e solsman, source.cnet
https://www.cnet.com/uk/news/youtube-music-is-googles-latest-stab-at-a-spotify-rival/

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Title
Here's how YouTube Music is reinventing itself
Authors
Joan E. Solsman
Published
May 17 2018
Word count
943 words

6 comments

  1. [4]
    shiruken
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    No no no no no no no no no. If this happens I will immediately cancel my subscription. I don't want to listen to music on YouTube. I want to listen to music in a dedicated service that allows me...

    Google Play Music, the other subscription streaming music service from the same parent company as YouTube, will also be going away eventually.

    No no no no no no no no no. If this happens I will immediately cancel my subscription. I don't want to listen to music on YouTube. I want to listen to music in a dedicated service that allows me to upload my own media files as I see fit.

    3 votes
    1. Deimos
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      Yeah, I'm pretty worried about this, especially since Canada hasn't been announced as one of the initial countries for YouTube Music, so I don't even know if we're just going to get cut off from...

      Yeah, I'm pretty worried about this, especially since Canada hasn't been announced as one of the initial countries for YouTube Music, so I don't even know if we're just going to get cut off from GPM with no replacement.

      I used Rdio for music streaming for years, then when they shut down I tried Spotify for a while, but ran into their 10,000 song limit on your collection. That was so annoying to me that I ended up switching to GPM, which doesn't seem to have a limit (and also lets me upload my own music, which is nice).

      I wouldn't be crushed to have to go back to Spotify (and would actually enjoy having Discover Weekly again), but that collection limit was really frustrating for me so I'd prefer not to have to deal with it.

      4 votes
    2. burntcookie90
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      They've said the upload "locker" will still exist.

      They've said the upload "locker" will still exist.

      1 vote
    3. Arzte
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      GPM is one the better music services out there, I'd also probably cancel if they get rid of it.

      GPM is one the better music services out there, I'd also probably cancel if they get rid of it.

  2. shiruken
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    Google has confirmed that current Google Play Music subscribers will be upgraded to the premium offerings of both YouTube and YouTube Music once the transition happens:...

    Google has confirmed that current Google Play Music subscribers will be upgraded to the premium offerings of both YouTube and YouTube Music once the transition happens: https://twitter.com/GooglePlayMusic/status/997127746152206337

    2 votes
  3. Whom
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    This seems like a good branding decision, easier to generalize from just video to video and audio rather than the vague Google Play Music which most people don't even realize is a streaming...

    This seems like a good branding decision, easier to generalize from just video to video and audio rather than the vague Google Play Music which most people don't even realize is a streaming service separate from how you just buy music on Google Play.

    I'm not super heavily invested in streaming, but GPM was clearly the best option and seeing it go is going to be a huge blow, in my opinion. If this new service is just allowing you to stream music from YouTube normally...well that's awful, purely for quality reasons.

    1 vote