YouTube Music
Google's music streaming service, with a free ad-supported tier and paid Premium plans.
HN commenters like it for a broad catalog that covers even obscure artists,12 often as a money-saving perk bundled with YouTube Premium.345 The most common complaints are buggy apps and unreliable playback,678 along with frustrating playlist and queue handling.910
Why people recommend it
Catalog breadth · 2
Users say they find nearly any song or artist, including obscure bands and rare tracks.
“Never not found a song or artist I was looking for.”
“I use youtube music.. It has everything I listen to and more..”
Premium bundle · 3
Commenters value that it comes included with YouTube Premium, which saves money.
“now I use YouTube Music myself and it's great. Saves me money and I love it”
“Never not found a song or artist I was looking for.”
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“I gave YouTube music a try, mostly for the free premium and I have to say, it's ok.”
Ease of use · 2
Some say the main functions are easy to use and the UX works well on Apple and Android.
“Never not found a song or artist I was looking for.”
“I use youtube music.. It has everything I listen to and more..”
Caveats and dissent
Bugs and glitches · 3
Users report a laggy desktop app, songs that fail to play, UI that won't load, and hiccups on poor connections.
“YT music is even more horrible especially with playlists.”
“the UI won't load because YouTube Music doesn't cache it's UI anymore”
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“I gave YouTube music a try, mostly for the free premium and I have to say, it's ok.”
Playlists and queue · 2
Some found playlist handling poor, with one tap able to wipe a long play queue.
“In youtube music after adding 30 tracks to the play queue, tapping 1 track accidentally deletes the play queue and plays this track.”
“YT music is even more horrible especially with playlists.”
Missing YouTube videos · 1
Not every YouTube video is available in YouTube Music, which is limiting on CarPlay.
“not all videos are available in "YouTube Music", so you can't just play back any of the videos from YouTube while using YouTube Music via Carplay”
Unwanted bundling · 1
Some Premium subscribers who use another music service resent paying for the bundled YouTube Music.
“I pay for Apple Music and hate YouTube Music a lot.”
Often compared with
3 moved from Spotify to YouTube Music
1 moved from YouTube Music to PlexMetrolist1 comment mention both
1 moved from YouTube Music to Metrolist
1 moved from YouTube Music to Plexamp
1 moved from YouTube Music to Bandcamp
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Fastpotify 5 mentions
- Dear Software Makers 1 mention
- Google News is just Forrest Gump's shrimp boat now 1 mention
- Stop the Apple Music app from launching 1 mention
- YouTube Premium just went up to $15.99 / mo (US) 1 mention
- Spotify playing ads for paid subscribers 1 mention
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All comments 14
“the UI won't load because YouTube Music doesn't cache it's UI anymore”
“Never not found a song or artist I was looking for.”
“I use youtube music.. It has everything I listen to and more..”
“I gave YouTube music a try, mostly for the free premium and I have to say, it's ok.”
“I use youtube music, but I am looking for alternatives”
“In youtube music after adding 30 tracks to the play queue, tapping 1 track accidentally deletes the play queue and plays this track.”
“any of their products other than google pay, maps and youtube music”
“I use and "like" youtube music”
“I pay for Apple Music and hate YouTube Music a lot.”
“not all videos are available in "YouTube Music", so you can't just play back any of the videos from YouTube while using YouTube Music via Carplay”
“YT music is even more horrible especially with playlists.”
“I find that it works much better for music on music.youtube.com”
“now I use YouTube Music myself and it's great. Saves me money and I love it”
“When I'm in the car or on mobile, I use YouTube Music”