Jesus, the whole reason for me paying a subscription is for easy access to music without the annoying banter of a radio host.
Yes, let’s bring back the dumbest feature of radio that no one asked for …
Hahahahahahaha!
They called me crazy for using yt-dlp, buying music from bandcamp, and using VLC on my phone all the time instead of online music streaming…
Vindication!
Same, I will gladly spend money on storage for my files. Paying to have an algorithm select my music for me, or agreeing to listen to ads, is anathema.
only if it’s like the DJ and ads from GTA San Andreas.
If i hear any AI voice while listening to music, i’m unsubbing and take my business elsewhere.
Who the F wans this? Have they actally asked a single real user about this before starting to implement this?
Who the F wans this?
Shareholders
Only the stupid and gullible ones.
They were told they have to use AI so here we are
Nobody wants this just as nobody wants those horrible auto-dubs of videos.
You cant really believe that Google is working in the interest of the user do you? Literally the only thing they care about is shareholder expectations. As long as AI is the hype, they will push it, no matter the opinions of users.
But how is pissing off users promoting shareholders expectations?
As long as shareholders believe that the stock price will go up, they dont mind pissing off users. And shareholders just really believe in AI growth stories sadly. Its self fulfilling prophecy.
I’m testing not using YouTube music by not using YouTube music. So far it has been working flawlessly. Couldn’t recommend it enough.
Google takes always anti user decisions. From small things like shoving in the cast button permanently in the playback UI of YT Music to depriving users of options (no third party clients, second rate Wear OS app, no light mode, no lossless audio, geographical restrictions on tracks(which for those same tracks don’t appear on other music services)) ; it is like Google wants users to pirate.
I paid for YT Premium because I used YT Music and YouTube was just a plus (the official YouTube app is a shill, asking to tip a creator or super thank or join membership. Like no thanks, I already paid once. Not to mention, even simplistic things like choosing a default video quality is impossible in YouTube mobile app. What the heck is Data Saving and High; give me granular controls.)
If Google continues to enshittify even the music service, I will just pirate (I tried Spotify but this post will become another rant if I list it’s shortcomings).
thats why i have offline music for mobile use and when browsing on desktop like half of my Firefox extensions are specifically for youtube only lol
from blockig sponsor segments, getting the dislike button back to disabling automatic translations of titles. there is a Firefox addon for everything
not using it personally but there is an addon to auto select higher quality streams afaik
Yes, I have 4 add-ons for YouTube only (3 for youtube and one to change UI of YTM, technically a tamper monkey script).
addon to auto select higher quality streams
I meant on their mobile app. On web, there are ways. But on mobile, there is none officially. I have to manually select the 1080p thingy there. Ironically, New pipe has option for custom video stream for both wifi and mobile data.
YouTube conducts so many useless experiments on their app from so called AI assisted summaries to what not, but can’t factor in basic things. Today, I bolted back to Tubular ( Newpipe fork) and the simple UI with only subscriptions is a sight to behold (no shorts, option to hide comments, sponserblock integration and not to mention, no furthur IAPs). If a paying user has to resort to 3rd party alternatives, then the situation is really grim (the only thing YT app officially has is 1080p Premium bit rate but it rarely went there automatically for me).
Spotify does it already with the fake DJ guy.
I tried that once not realizing that it would be some fake guy talking to me and never used it ever again. If I want inane chatter from some jack off I’d listen to the regular radio again.
At least it gets out of the way while the music is actually playing. It’s just a very shit algorithm
That sounds terrible and I absolutely do not want that.
TIL it’s 2025 and there are people out there paying for YouTube, lmao.
I paid for it for a while, because I wanted to support the creators. But when they started doing that “Just a dollar more bro” scheme and increased the price time after time, I bailed out.
Most creators are on Patreon now, anyway.
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insert meme of Wolverine staring longingly at a picture of DJ Atomika from SSX 3
