Google is holding its speakers for ransom

Stefan Mileschin · 26th June 2020, 08:49

Google's YouTube music plan is asinine

YouTube Music will soon be Google's one-and-only music service and YouTube Music recently added the Google Music feature to its app but it turns out changes are going to bring a pile of pain to users.

According to Ars Technica, if you bought your music, uploaded it to YouTube Music, you don't own the music and if you own a Google Home smart speaker or any other Google Cast device you'll need to pay a monthly fee to cast to your speaker once Google Music shuts down.

So this is new. You might buy your music, and buy the speaker but now you have to pay for the rights to use it.

YouTube Music is really only for The Music Renter—someone who wants to pay $10 per month, every month for "Music Premium." This fee is to buy a monthly streaming license for music you do not own.

https://fudzilla.com/news/iot/51067-...ers-for-ransom

26th June 2020, 08:49	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,575	Google is holding its speakers for ransom Google's YouTube music plan is asinine YouTube Music will soon be Google's one-and-only music service and YouTube Music recently added the Google Music feature to its app but it turns out changes are going to bring a pile of pain to users. According to Ars Technica, if you bought your music, uploaded it to YouTube Music, you don't own the music and if you own a Google Home smart speaker or any other Google Cast device you'll need to pay a monthly fee to cast to your speaker once Google Music shuts down. So this is new. You might buy your music, and buy the speaker but now you have to pay for the rights to use it. YouTube Music is really only for The Music Renter—someone who wants to pay $10 per month, every month for "Music Premium." This fee is to buy a monthly streaming license for music you do not own. https://fudzilla.com/news/iot/51067-...ers-for-ransom

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