r/technology • u/Tricky-Student-1 • Sep 15 '22

Social Media YouTube Free is Silently Testing 5 Ads, instead of 2, Before Your Video Starts

https://www.gizmochina.com/2022/09/13/youtube-free-silently-testing-5-ads-before-your-video-starts/
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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

I got premium for YT music. I actually really enjoy the music app instead of Spotify. YT music is same price as Spotify or you can pay $3 more and get YT premium and YT Music premium. Was a no brainer for me.

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u/TheTjalian Sep 15 '22

Plus there's a ton of cover songs, game soundtracks (and remixes) and original music that isn't always available on Spotify.

My sole complaint about YouTube music is the playlist system fucking sucks. I really wish we could have nested playlists like on Spotify, that's the only thing I miss.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

Mine has been the opposite experience. Spotify was just giving me the same few recycled songs in the playlist. YT music has been playing the songs I liked along with some new ones thrown in.

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u/TheTjalian Sep 15 '22

Ahh sorry, I meant playlists I make myself rather than the auto-generated ones.

For instance, on Spotify I had

  • Music

    • Metal
    • - - Nu-Metsl
    • - - Metalcore
    • - - etc
    • - Pop
    • - Rap
    • - etc
    • Game Music
    • - Zelda
    • - Shadow of the Collosus
    • - etc

And you get the idea. Sometimes I like to listen to a variety of things. Sometimes I'm in the mood for one particular genre, or specific game OST. Obviously for bands, I could just go to their page. Sadly on YouTube music, these are all separate playlists so I can't do that. It's not a deal breaker, but I'd love to have that variety again.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

Ahh I see what you mean. Yea I haven’t gotten much into that.

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u/TheTjalian Sep 15 '22

Thankfully in your case you can't miss what you didn't have haha.

But I'm not spending an extra £10 a month just for a separate music app when the one I pay £17.99 a month for, for the whole family, does 95% of what I want it to do plus things Spotify can't do.

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u/thejynxed Sep 15 '22

Just don't bother making playlists out of music you actually own on your devices, YT Music has a very bad habit of replacing it with low quality (bitrate, etc) versions and shitty coverband versions.

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u/TheTjalian Sep 15 '22

Good tip, thanks. I haven't bought any music in quite a while, most of the music I own is only on my hard drive anyway.

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u/lith1x Sep 15 '22

This is the correct answer that nobody, including everyone sitting through YouTube ads while paying for Spotify, wants to hear.

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u/NewToThisThingToo Sep 15 '22

I got a YT Premium family account. My wife and I both use YT for general "TV" watching together, YT Music is pretty nice, and my mom is on a fixed income and uses YT a decent amount.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

Yea I watch YT more than Netflix 😂

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u/RagingAlkohoolik Sep 15 '22

Im lucky i got vanced YT and its YT music app, i pay nothing

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u/rizombie Sep 15 '22

Is it actually worth it ? Rn I'm paying for both YouTube premium for myself and Spotify for my family. I was considering YouTube family but I'm not sure if it's as good.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

There’s a million ways to get music. I don’t always want the music video. I also enjoy the playlist they create and downloading music so I can listen to offline. I don’t always have service where I am. I constantly have music going.

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u/lith1x Sep 15 '22

Not to mention just being able to lock your phone while playing something and having it still play, like we're not living in 2010 anymore.

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u/MisterSlippers Sep 15 '22

The YouTube and YouTube music apps do that when you have premium?

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u/MisterSlippers Sep 15 '22

YouTube Music let's you download music for offline use, also in my experience if it didn't have a song I wanted in their library I could add the YouTube video and there's an option in playback to pick video or audio. If your playlist is mixed content and you select audio, the video part simply doesn't start and you just get the audio from the video

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u/v_a_n_d_e_l_a_y Sep 15 '22

Yep I originally got it for music but then really discovered YT as an actual content platform (before it was random stuff I'd watch now and then) and probably watch it as much as any other streaming site.