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I have a reminder to cancel before the increase. It was, imo, a good deal for no ads, bolstered creator support in YT (Premium views were worth more than free, iirc), and to get YT Music, which I liked more than Spotify.
For $16/mo, I'll set up ad-free options for YT and I'll figure something out for music.
I like the app spotube. It uses the Spotify api to index music and then pulls the data from youtube ad free. It's foss and on Fdroid
Nooooooted. Hell yeah
I can't leave YouTube premium music at this point. I use it in my cars infotainment and it's cheaper than xmradio
I do as well, and that'll be the hardest thing to lose, if I can't find a good equivalent. Cause I have to swap back and forth from Android Auto to the BT player otherwise, and that suuuuuucks.
Tidal is quite good for music. The selection is missing stuff at times, but that usually doesn't last long since I'm pretty sure that only happens when there's some kind of contract renegotiation or something.
I've heard of it, it's on my list. My only real qualm is that I want a good "radio". I don't do play lists, I just hit Supermix on YT and let it play through. Spotify tried to give me the "average" of all my liked songs, so I'd end up with a Playlist that repeated the same 50 songs or so. YT Music seemed to give me varied music at a similar ratio of my liked genres, which was exactly what I wanted.
Does it have a radio function similar to that?
It does, though it's not exactly front and center on certain apps. For instance, in my car, I had to scroll most of the way down the main screen to find the radio stations. They are very good, though. They give a decent mix of stuff you've favorited and things you've never heard before, with the notable exception of the Steven Wilson radio station, which plays almost exclusively bands that Steven Wilson has been in, which alone is more than enough to fill up a whole radio station.
Interesting. I'm fine if I gotta scroll a bit, I usually set it up before I leave. I'll give it a look!
I think there's a free trial of the HiFi version, which is what I have. Sound quality is significantly better than other services, since I'm pretty sure they use FLAC when it's available, and high-bitrate MP3 (I think) for their low-bandwidth mode. Either way, their lowest-quality encoding settings are better than Spotify's old top-tier ones.
I'll be honest, it could be recorded through a tin can and I probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference lol. As long as it shows me new songs every now and then, and gives me varied radio playlists, I'm happy.
Tidal is fucking garbage. You mean I have to pay to have songs fully play? The fuck is that about? Bullshit. Only dumbasses who pay for songs to play fully and not 30 second limits are the tools for that platform.
Yeah, but that money actually goes to the artists. It's got one of the best rates for that out of all the streaming services.
"unthinkable"???
What's the point of YouTube premium again? uBlock Origin works on laptops, tablets, and phones. Smart Tube works on TVs.
Is there some live sports thing that it's bundled with or something?
I use a chromecast and, good golly, the number of times I get 90+ second ads is insane. I downloaded nebula the other day and, once I finally get my fill of avgn in the next week or so, I’m leaving and never looking back.
I feel special, now.
