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Then let me be the first. YouTube Music has the one feature I care about: A catalogue that includes everything from well-known music from top artists, to the r

Then let me be the first. YouTube Music has the one feature I care about: A catalogue that includes everything from well-known music from top artists, to the random indie music that got a grand total of 10,000 views on YouTube when it was published 8 years ago. Sure I could download these songs (assuming RIAA takes its teeth out of youtube-dl) and upload them to most music players, but YouTube Music facilitates discovery and does all the work for me.

ApolloFortyNine 6y ago
Yea, as someone who listens to Nightcore/Japanese music, Youtube Music is by far the easiest way to listen and discover music. And the download offline feature has always worked great for me, a 100 songs uploads periodically to match what I've been listening to, so I don't run into the classic issue of using the same "I don't have service" music playlist. Not that I don't get why people complain about the move (it is a dramatically different app), but Google is the only one with the actual usage numbers, and honestly I've never met someone who has used it. I'm guessing they weren't the best, while Youtube has some of the best usage numbers of any Western service.
Causality1 6y ago
It's great right now for you. You don't worry about Google deciding to go about things totally differently in 18 months and shut it down? I don't pay for Google products because they have a shorter shelf-life than a bottle of ketchup.
- 3np 6y ago
  > shorter shelf-life than a bottle of ketchup You know, that doesn’t really work, because ketchup lasts for ages
  - Beldin 6y ago
    And music you buy shouldn't?
  - nickcox 6y ago
    If you don't like ketchup, I guess.
    - 3np 6y ago
      Maybe the reference wasn't obvious :) https://youtu.be/3LYwrvSFrms?t=116 https://youtu.be/3LYwrvSFrms?t=116 (Wouldn't it be funny if this link caused a DMCA)
- tomjen3 6y ago
  I paid them monthly to rent access to music. If they shot down I shall be forced to go elsewhere, none the worse of.
packetlost 6y ago
Too bad it has worse playlist management than freaking Windows Media Player from 2004. Seriously, I can't fucking find my playlists. I can't organize them. I can't search for them. I can't even easily create new ones by dragging multiple songs into them. And the icing on the cake is they get polluted with my decade old playlists from YouTube. I absolutely detest YouTube music. It's only redeeming feature is a halfway decent radio and it's library ripped from YouTube proper. Everything else about is a worse user experience by almost every metric.
- jankiehodgpodge 6y ago
  To be honest I remember Windows Media player 9 or 10 having really good library management. Used it until I switched to GPM.
scsilver 6y ago
I was excited about the catalog until I tried to add Electric Lady Land, and they didnt have a legit version, just a fan made amalgamation of differntly mastered singles from the album. Honestly disappointing.

ApolloFortyNine 6y ago

Yea, as someone who listens to Nightcore/Japanese music, Youtube Music is by far the easiest way to listen and discover music. And the download offline feature has always worked great for me, a 100 songs uploads periodically to match what I've been listening to, so I don't run into the classic issue of using the same "I don't have service" music playlist. Not that I don't get why people complain about the move (it is a dramatically different app), but Google is the only one with the actual usage numbers, and honestly I've never met someone who has used it. I'm guessing they weren't the best, while Youtube has some of the best usage numbers of any Western service.

Causality1 6y ago

It's great right now for you. You don't worry about Google deciding to go about things totally differently in 18 months and shut it down? I don't pay for Google products because they have a shorter shelf-life than a bottle of ketchup.

3np 6y ago
> shorter shelf-life than a bottle of ketchup You know, that doesn’t really work, because ketchup lasts for ages
- Beldin 6y ago
  And music you buy shouldn't?
- nickcox 6y ago
  If you don't like ketchup, I guess.
  - 3np 6y ago
    Maybe the reference wasn't obvious :) https://youtu.be/3LYwrvSFrms?t=116 https://youtu.be/3LYwrvSFrms?t=116 (Wouldn't it be funny if this link caused a DMCA)
tomjen3 6y ago
I paid them monthly to rent access to music. If they shot down I shall be forced to go elsewhere, none the worse of.

packetlost 6y ago

Too bad it has worse playlist management than freaking Windows Media Player from 2004. Seriously, I can't fucking find my playlists. I can't organize them. I can't search for them. I can't even easily create new ones by dragging multiple songs into them. And the icing on the cake is they get polluted with my decade old playlists from YouTube. I absolutely detest YouTube music. It's only redeeming feature is a halfway decent radio and it's library ripped from YouTube proper. Everything else about is a worse user experience by almost every metric.

jankiehodgpodge 6y ago
To be honest I remember Windows Media player 9 or 10 having really good library management. Used it until I switched to GPM.

scsilver 6y ago

I was excited about the catalog until I tried to add Electric Lady Land, and they didnt have a legit version, just a fan made amalgamation of differntly mastered singles from the album. Honestly disappointing.