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Because Google Music was merged into YouTube. "YouTube Music" is in fact a Spotify competitor. My wife uses it and likes it well enough. It has some dumb restri
by donatj 2y ago
Because Google Music was merged into YouTube. "YouTube Music" is in fact a Spotify competitor. My wife uses it and likes it well enough. It has some dumb restrictions though like children's music can't be added to a playlist as some sort of COPPA something. That makes making "go to sleep" playlists for our infant daughter difficult.
- lawlessone 2y ago>Because Google Music was merged into YouTube. I'm still annoyed about that one. Bought music via google music. poof gone
- tmtvl 2y agoTo be entirely fair, they did announce it well in advance and made it really easy to download your entire archive AND they made your music available in your YouTube Music account. I have a bunch of music I bought from Google Play Music and while it sucks that Google killed it, I have to give them credit for making the transition very painless. Desura going down was a lot more abrupt and disruptive.
- AStonesThrow 2y agoThis describes practically every sunsetted Google product I've used in the past several years. Podcasts, One VPN, transitions with Voice and Duo/Meet, and more. They've all had ample notifications, explanations, and assistance with migration. Moreover, Google's added products which I've embraced, and to date, has never killed anything upon which I relied. In fact, the linchpin apps have improved vastly over time, such as Docs/Sheets, Photos, Calendar; and I love Tasks and Keep now, for all their overlap! Lacking a mobile contract or a SIM-capable device, I signed up for Voice in 2015, and all the changes since then have been completely understandable, since Voice is a "fake phone" number that can't be allowed on-par with actual mobile services, particularly Google Fi itself. And that's precisely why I needed it 9 years ago.