I saw the writing on the wall years ago. There was just no way execs wouldn't leverage such an obvious opportunity.
I saw the writing on the wall years ago. There was just no way execs wouldn't leverage such an obvious opportunity.
I love the idea that anyone can easily publish songs that I can listen to (no need for music labels) and that I can share playlists that friends can add arbitrary YouTube songs to without a subscription.
The major issue is that they did a terrible job at it. To list a couple of issues:
- Your uploaded music and the YouTube collection are completely separate (unlike GPM) - It buffers almost nothing ahead, even in bad network conditions so it fails on road trips. - The song suggestions are awful. (way worse than GPM) - Even if you dislike a song it will still suggest it for you (often frequently) - A lot of features missing (sure, they wouldn't get them all, but so many are gone).
The list goes on. I was a GPM subscriber for a long time. I used to work at Google so I decided I would help beta-test YouTube Music. However it quickly became clear that it wasn't going to be a good replacement for GPM. I ended up switching away from YouTube Premium and YouTube Music.