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Comment by baldfat | Hacker News Reader

Google Play Music, YouTube Red and YouTube Music is my favorite service.

I have tried Spotify and Amazon and others. Google has two killer features.

1) I can upload my own music (20,000 songs) for free and stream for free. I have eclectic taste and some of my music isn't in the 35 million songs available.

2) The YouTube (Red (no ads), Music and Gaming) really are great on mobile.

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> I can upload my own music (20,000 songs) for free

That has been upped to 50,000 songs early this year, FYI. As an Enka and J-Pop listener, it's the defining feature for me too.

3) The vast amount of content available for offline/background play on Youtube. Almost anything ever recorded is available - including live shows, unofficial remixes and background beats.

3) Podcast and Lectures are listenable on Phones that are on YouTube only. Due to background play.

100% my experience too. Saving YouTube videos to watch offline later is also super handy.

I've found YouTube Red to be buggy, in that although the ads are dramatically reduced, they still happen from time to time, particularly when streaming via the chromecast.

What made you decide to purchase YouTube Red? How much YouTube content do you watch?

You get a YouTube Red subscription free with Google Play Music. YouTube Red changed how I listen to music, now I just leave YouTube playlists playing in the background - whereas before with ads it was unbearable.

Youtube Red is included in Google Music.

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