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[โ€“] RBWells 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I moved over from Play Music, and if they had a music- only cheaper option that's what I personally want, but the rest of the family does use YouTube for other stuff, and only the penultimate child is into sailing the seas of content. Per user price is not bad considering how much music we listen to.

I am honestly less mad about the price and more still mad that they shut down the best music streaming app (best recommend algorithm, the glorious "playing near you" function that was able to find bands I would like but had not heard and only within a few miles of home, the way it would adjust the music for morning, night, weekend, it was so good) and pushed everyone onto the YouTube Music before it was ready. It's OK now but it's been years and no way is it as good as Play Music was.

[โ€“] LilDumpy 2 points 11 months ago

Ya. I just want what I had with GPM. After moving to Spotify, was suuuuper surprised to see how it's changed. Audio books, podcasts, random gifs for album art, bunch of small changes that feels like it clogs up my music listening experience. I don't even intuitively know how to train the algorithm since I can't heart or dislike songs. Maybe I'm just a curmudgeon now?