There was a time when it seemed like you could just subscribe to one or two streaming services to get access to as much content as possible. It wasn’t exactly like that, but it felt like it was. Having Netflix, Spotify, and maybe a carrier’s own service seemed enough for watching and listening. almost all. Today we feel overwhelmed by so many different services, it is not profitable to pay for them all.
It’s not just the fact that there are many streaming services available, but they have increased their prices over the past few years and many are taking steps to prevent us from sharing the account. After many years of paying for at least five services, I have decided to unsubscribe from the majorityI even canceled my Spotify subscription. YouTube Premium is one of the few subscriptions that I will continue to pay for, and there are good reasons to do so.
The subscription that earns me the most is YouTube Premium, and I have a good reason: music
Among so many services available, there are too many movies, series and programs to watch. It is not possible to see everythingat least not simultaneously, so the most reasonable thing for me (as for many others) if we want to save money is to only pay for one or two services at a time, enjoy the series or movie that we want to watch, and change for another when the new season of a series that we really like is released, for example.
However, in my case this does not apply to YouTube Premium, first of all because at home we watch a lot of videos and we like not having to watch advertisements, in addition to enjoying other functions like downloading videos to watch offline. But the most important reason behind my decision to stick with this decision lies in the music: YouTube Music is a great music platformso much so that I said goodbye to Spotify and am staying at Google.
Many people don’t seem to know this, but a YouTube Premium subscription also provides access to YouTube Music, without paying moreand it’s a service that can do everything other music platforms do, and then some.
The music catalog of all my favorite artists and more is available on YouTube Music. There are your albums, your songs, we can create playlists and share them with our friends, and we can even download music for offline listening, like on Spotify.
However, the biggest advantage of YouTube Music as a music service is that Their catalog is also directly inspired by YouTube videos. This allows us to do something no other platform can do: we can listen to concerts that are not available, such as official live albums, remixes, unofficial performances and new artists whose works are not available. still available on other platforms.
In these screenshots we see on the left the reproduction only of the audio of the song. On the right, however, is video playback. We can choose directly in YouTube Music how we want to enjoy this song.
Basically, the catalog available on YouTube Music is the largest compared to other streaming music services, since it is based on the YouTube library. If a song is available on video, chances are you can listen to it through YouTube Music. and even download it to listen offline. I say it’s very likely since I’ve found videos that don’t allow me to choose “song mode”, but they are in the minority.
The YouTube Music application is very complete, it even has functions such as the creation of covers with artificial intelligence for our playlists. However, its greatest potential and appeal lies in its extensive catalog. If I only have to stick to one music service, the choice is obvious.
Therefore, when purchasing YouTube Premium, the most important advantages for me are not in the video platform, but in the music. The service still pays me, even if it has just increased its price again; I hope they don’t put it online anymore because with each increase it gets harder for me to justify my subscription.
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