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Google Play Music, Music Play Store and Music Manager are going away

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Post by sorenjan »

hobs wrote: post #31

I canceled after they screwed up the last service I liked and paid for from google. I wish I could upload my music to spotify and redownload it again at will but otherwise its even offering the same decent suggestions, just went back to using adblock on youtube videos without a problem.

You kind of can do that with Spotify. It's not as transparent and convenient as Google Music was, but you can still listen to your own music files and bring them with you on a phone.

https://support.spotify.com/us/article/listen-to-local-files...

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Post by wil421 »

et1337 wrote: post #12
ozmbie wrote: post #6

How is it that Google create/rebrand/close so many music and chat services over the years. While Apple have a single message service (iMessage) and a single music service (Apple Music) that have been consistently branded with constant growth and show no signs of being shut down? As a consumer I have no idea what’s going on with some areas of Google’s products. It’s a major turn off.

iTunes would like a word with you...

iTunes evolved into Apple Music because most people aren’t downloading MP3s or ripping their CDs anymore.

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Post by skratlo »

mark-r wrote: post #44

I've used Google Play Music as the player for the mp3 files I've copied to my Android phone, ever since I got the phone. Never touched the online capabilities. It was perfect, did everything I wanted just the way I liked it. Then suddenly one day it was just gone. Anybody have a recommendation for an mp3 player app that works mostly the same?

Look at BlackPlayer, it's fairly simple and basic, but that's the main selling point for me

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Post by mayneack »

electriclove wrote: post #25
necubi wrote: post #15

This is a bummer. I gather that I'm one of the few users of Google Play Music, so it's not surprising it's being killed. But it was one of the few streaming services that had the ability to upload your own music, a good catalog, and widespread device support. YouTube music is OK, but worse in a bunch of respects. It separates out your uploaded music into a separate library (admittedly the matching in Play Music was a…

Yeah, I'm in the same boat. I'm thinking of putting my music in my Google Drive and using Plex (on a seedbox server). So my music is safe and accessible but I still need to pay for a streaming service because I like the discovery options they have.

I made the switch to plex because of the end of google music. You can get a tidal subscription through plex which has worked ok. It still separates your libraries, but you can create combined playlists.

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Post by oprypin »

crazygringo wrote: post #40

Is there anything new here? This support article is back from early August, and the announcement was on HN back when it was news. Just curious why this is being posted today.

Probably because Google Play Music is actually being shut down now? That's the case for me, anyway.

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Post by graeme »

makecheck wrote: post #23
ozmbie wrote: post #6

How is it that Google create/rebrand/close so many music and chat services over the years. While Apple have a single message service (iMessage) and a single music service (Apple Music) that have been consistently branded with constant growth and show no signs of being shut down? As a consumer I have no idea what’s going on with some areas of Google’s products. It’s a major turn off.

Apple has had iTunes, and for a time a music “social network” Ping. The original messaging tool was called iChat before it was iMessage. Apple has also had multiple Internet services that were more or less the same (iTools, .Mac, iCloud). Even Contacts used to be called Address Book, and Wallet used to be called Passbook. Google still does worse but renaming things is pretty common.

That’s not quite right. Messages on iPhone was always messages. Mac’s version was called ichat and was separate. Apple then cancelled it and merged it into messages. Messages itself never had a name change and was always larger than ichat.

Likewise, the itunes music store still exists! It is a place where you can buy and download music. It’s not the same service as Apple Music, which is a streaming music service.

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Post by oprypin »

znpy wrote: post #48

What happens to all the content that someone might have bought through the platform?

You can download the mp3s.

Or get them ported to YTM, but as far as I can tell, that's equivalent to downloading and then uploading the files there.

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Post by ewmiller »

Vermeulen wrote: post #21

They've had years to fix all the issues people have had with this - and yet everyone still hates it (based on Reddit / App reviews). Playing music offline is broken, browsing playlists is insanely slow, and it lacks so many basic features of GPM/other services (like actual random shuffle and not a smart radio that plays the same 10 songs). Combining Youtube Likes with the music thumbs up makes no sense - I now have l…

I haven’t heard a single consumer express enthusiasm for the switch to YouTube music. Anyone I’ve casually talked to about it is dismissive and doesn’t really understand what it's even trying to be. If anybody has heard anything from a user's perspective that is in favor of this, I would love to hear that argument. Otherwise I can only assume that this was a typical Google move where product people internally pushed for a rebrand to advance their own careers, at the expense of the user experience.

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Post by graeme »

wil421 wrote: post #52
et1337 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

iTunes would like a word with you...

iTunes evolved into Apple Music because most people aren’t downloading MP3s or ripping their CDs anymore.

No it didn’t. Itunes music still exists as a separate service and you can still buy music there.

Apple Music’s streaming service is a separate offering that has grown larger than iTunes.

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