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Re:Apple to boost ads business as iPhone changes hurt Facebook by samspenc on Thursday April 22, 2021 @12:45PM (#26904873)
> Can you imagine the iPod interrupting music playback to show you ads for products on iTunes? Well, that's how Apple Music works now, by nagging you to subscribe to its paid service.

Lol, the Youtube app on my Android phone (and Youtube music) do the exact same thing. Every time I open up the app on my phone, I get a gazillion prompts to sign up for a free trial of some new Youtube feature or service (TV, ads-free, listen to music offline etc).

I'm looking into alternative music player apps to replace the Youtube Music app, though I'm not sure how to avoid Youtube itself given that all the interesting content is on there.

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Re:Apple to boost ads business as iPhone changes hurt Facebook by rchaud on Thursday April 22, 2021 @02:43PM (#26906442)
I dumped the Google Music app the second they started co-mingling files that were on storage with songs available on their service. Been using third party apps ever since; currently on Phonograph from F-droid.

I use YouTube Vanced w/ microG on Android. No ads. I also have NewPipe that allows for downloading to MP4 or MP3.

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