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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I do, you get Youtube Music as well and no ads, which is a great combination.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

YouTube music is superior to Apple Music and Spotify. Change my mind.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Now i haven't been subscribed to spotify since at least 2015 so things may have changed but when i'm controlling someone elses phone with spotify i pretty much always prefer it to youtube music which has been my main player pretty much since it launched (i wont change for as long as i have yt premium though :p).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I moved to YouTube Music from Spotify and I really miss being able to move the songs around in a playlist on the mobile app. I used to spend a lot of time curating playlists where order mattered (I might avoid having two songs back to back that are the same tempo/vibe, or I might tell a story with the progression of songs in the playlist).

I'm also annoyed by the fact that sometimes YouTube Music will hang forever on a blank loading screen instead of accepting that there's no connection and sending me to my downloaded songs. I don't know if Spotify does better about this because I never had Spotify Premium.

However, one good thing about YouTube Music is that you can find covers and unofficially released songs much more easily. I search for covers often, to see how others might interpret a song I like.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I use Youtube music and I think it is inferior to Spotify. Offline music is much more seamless, music quality is superior, shuffling a playlist is easier, recommended music is better, dedicated desktop app, and more. The only reason I use YouTube music is because there is more selection.

I'm not sure about Apple music though since I never had an iPhone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is it better than Google Music was? Cause I had that for years and swapped to Spotify when they first announced they were axing Google Music to combine it into YouTube Premium.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is absolutely not better than Google play music in any way, shape, or form. It has improved a lot since launch though. I'm still bitter about that switchover.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Same man. 😭

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

YouTube music is pretty great. I've got it through revanced so it's free, but being able to find random playlists is a huge plus.