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If you're ok with using google's product... I've switched to Youtube music and never looked back, better (simpler ui), live music, (no ads in Youtube since I h

by Trufa 4y ago

If you're ok with using google's product... I've switched to Youtube music and never looked back, better (simpler ui), live music, (no ads in Youtube since I have to pay anyway cause otherwise it becomes unusable). For some people Spotify is the next best thing since sliced bread, but I think I'm onto the pattern, Spotify is great if you like to vibe with what other people are listening to, all the suggestions seem to lead to the mainstream. I don't mean it in any kind of dissing way, I honestly think it's great that there's a sort of communal feeling where people are listening to the same things, but for my particular tastes it drives me crazy to start with my obscure weird hipstery song and 6 songs later it's suggesting Reggaeton. YT music seems to flow in the direction of similar songs way better. I know I honestly sound like a Google shill, but I honestly pretty much dislike (I was going to use despise but it's too strong of a word) what they have become, but my pragmatism just makes me keep going back to them (unfortunately?).

noahtallen 4y ago
YouTube music’s integration with YouTube is too weird for me. I used a service to try to import my Spotify into YouTube music, and it did two things that I can’t stand: 1. Subscribed me to every single artist in my artist library on YouTube. It took a long time to clean up my YouTube subscriptions. 2. All my playlists are also YouTube playlists, which isn’t what I want. 3. The tool was fully incapable of transferring my library over, because YouTube music’s API is limited. So no albums or artists can transfer to the library section. If I can’t transfer my library over, keeping a semblance of organization (such as maintaining a chronological list of “date added” for my songs), I’m gonna struggle to use any alternatives when Spotify does good enough.

by Trufa 4y ago

noahtallen 4y ago

YouTube music’s integration with YouTube is too weird for me. I used a service to try to import my Spotify into YouTube music, and it did two things that I can’t stand: 1. Subscribed me to every single artist in my artist library on YouTube. It took a long time to clean up my YouTube subscriptions. 2. All my playlists are also YouTube playlists, which isn’t what I want. 3. The tool was fully incapable of transferring my library over, because YouTube music’s API is limited. So no albums or artists can transfer to the library section. If I can’t transfer my library over, keeping a semblance of organization (such as maintaining a chronological list of “date added” for my songs), I’m gonna struggle to use any alternatives when Spotify does good enough.