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Yes and no. While there are ways to circumvent the issue ( including the ways you mention ), the issue itself a little more complicated than that. Some of us do

Yes and no. While there are ways to circumvent the issue ( including the ways you mention ), the issue itself a little more complicated than that. Some of us don't like to play cat and mouse game. At certain size, company has to realize that their decisions that attempt to extract maximum amount of dough may draw close scrutiny of regulators. And its not like Google is not in their crosshairs already.

petre 3y ago
I am definitely not going to wait for the regulators fix up YT, but rather quit watching. We already have a family premium account because my partner couldn't stand the ads. I refuse to pay them. YT music is also shit quality. I bought a new pair of headphones and thought they were defective until I listened to my own ~160 kbps opus encoded content. Yes, it's that crappy, possibly 96 kbps or below. However I still listen to it because its bundled and paid for and still sounds better than FM radio. Totally not worth even half of what they're asking for.
- PawgerZ 3y ago
  Here are the quality setting on YouTube Music according to Google: Low Uses the least storage on your device Bitrate: 48 kbps AAC and OPUS Normal Default setting Bitrate: 128 kbps AAC and OPUS High Higher-quality audio will use more storage on your device Bitrate: 256 kbps AAC and OPUS Seems like it is automatically set to normal on WiFi and Mobile Data. It also seems like there is another option for streaming labeled "Always High" which forces 256 kbps stream over bad connection. I typically only use Youtube Music for discovery then buy albums that I like (or rip them if they're not available for purchase). I, personally, have never experienced low quality audio on YT Music.
  - petre 3y ago
    I've checked now and mine is set to normal. But it's still shit on mobile. I have the same song encoded by yours truly from flac to opus@160 kbps and the quality difference is audible. On the desktop I fail to see any difference at the normal setting, so it might downgrade to 48 kbps over LTE. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=mneDuKb3BT8 https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=mneDuKb3BT8

petre 3y ago

I am definitely not going to wait for the regulators fix up YT, but rather quit watching. We already have a family premium account because my partner couldn't stand the ads. I refuse to pay them. YT music is also shit quality. I bought a new pair of headphones and thought they were defective until I listened to my own ~160 kbps opus encoded content. Yes, it's that crappy, possibly 96 kbps or below. However I still listen to it because its bundled and paid for and still sounds better than FM radio. Totally not worth even half of what they're asking for.

PawgerZ 3y ago
Here are the quality setting on YouTube Music according to Google: Low Uses the least storage on your device Bitrate: 48 kbps AAC and OPUS Normal Default setting Bitrate: 128 kbps AAC and OPUS High Higher-quality audio will use more storage on your device Bitrate: 256 kbps AAC and OPUS Seems like it is automatically set to normal on WiFi and Mobile Data. It also seems like there is another option for streaming labeled "Always High" which forces 256 kbps stream over bad connection. I typically only use Youtube Music for discovery then buy albums that I like (or rip them if they're not available for purchase). I, personally, have never experienced low quality audio on YT Music.
- petre 3y ago
  I've checked now and mine is set to normal. But it's still shit on mobile. I have the same song encoded by yours truly from flac to opus@160 kbps and the quality difference is audible. On the desktop I fail to see any difference at the normal setting, so it might downgrade to 48 kbps over LTE. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=mneDuKb3BT8 https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=mneDuKb3BT8