Re:Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising
by sosodev on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @12:03PM
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Eh. YouTube isn't a very good platform for music, and it's even worse if you aren't paying for the premium service. Why wouldn't you use something like Spotify?
Re:Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising
by EpicEng on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @02:06PM
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If your use case is using a video streaming service to listen to music then perhaps you should consider using something else instead of fighting against the tide. Don't get me wrong, I do the same from time to time, but typically when I listen to music I'm not loading up YouTube...
Re:Google hit with €1.5B fine from EU over advertising
by freeflight on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @04:52PM
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The dynamic playlists actually make YouTube a pretty decent music streaming service. I can find a song I like and just create a "mix" out of it, featuring similar songs, with just 1 click.
Having the actual music video with the music is also a very nice extra, some of these can make a song like 10 times as good.
If the YouTube premium wouldn't be so expensive (asking 16€ per month over here) I'd already signed up just for getting ad-free music.
So these 15-minute "ads" pretty much lead to the situation that halfway through my shower I won't be listening to music anymore, but rather some tutorial on how to best light a photoshoot or a "documentary" how Hezbollah is destroying Europe.
Don't get me wrong here: They can have their ads, but throwing 15-minute ads between videos that average out at around 3-8 minutes just feels like a very bold choice.
And it's not like watching that 15-minute ad means you won't be bothered by them for a while, you can watch it and after the next 3 minute song, there will be yet another ad.