Maybe Google could live up to their marketing blurb.
We went with Google Play music instead of Spotify or Amazon because it allowed under 13s on its family plans. They then tell us all to switch over to YouTube Music, and that Google Play Music is being switched off. No mention at all that it will not work for my daughter. I only find out when my daughter complains that she can't play music any more.
Removing paid for functionality like that, and telling you to move over, without even warning you that you are losing services is totally out of order.
I would probably switch back to Spotify just on principle because of how annoyed I am at Google. Spotify have now launched a kids app, so it looks like a no brainer. Having said that, they probably aren't any less evil than Google.
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Not only do you lose the facility that you have had, you will apparently have to have a monthly subscription to YouTube Music account in order to maintain streaming functionality...
https://www.extremetech.com/internet/312083-youtube-music-charges-you-to-play-your-own-music-on-your-own-speakers
I think that ship sailed a long time ago.
Somehow a bunch of entrepreneurs have stolen all the loot and managed to make the world a world a much crappier place and were encouraged all the way until it was too late. A kind of piss on your leg and tell you it's raining on an epic scale.
Hell yeah, why stop there, see a painting you like, steal it, fancy a car, take it, f**k it, everything is free.
yet I “hear” that they are going to “bundle” ALL apple stuff into a single monthly subscription For circa £15! Now that is frustrating. And it is that kind of behaviour that would make me want to switch on principle.
But like the OP I think that’s not very ethical moan over
Google used to be a good search engine but nowadays the tope results are there because they are paid for, not because they are the most relevant to your search. Is AWS gonna do a search engine, seems an obvious move considering their massive infrastructure
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
Google is far from Evil, if anything it can be far too woke.
It is recently offset all of it's carbon emissions with a goal of being carbon free by 2030, with massive investment in green energy and energy efficiency.
I've worked for big evil corporations and the difference is massive.