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

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

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Post by pkulak »

01100011 wrote: post #202
s3r3nity wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>The migration was super botched by the product team because of this. I honestly don't know why Google's Product Team has any positive reputation at this point. I can count on one hand the number of positive launches from that company that didn't involve buying another company or product. It's almost as if they're so good at playing politics and "the game" that people can't see the actual track record is shit.

> I honestly don't know why Google's Product Team has any positive reputation at this point. They have a positive reputation? I've been a loyal Googler for about 20 years. Nexus, Pixel, Chromecasts, GMail, Fi, Android TV, Google Domains... I'm about done. It seems like every month they do something to make it more apparent that they're just an advertising company. Products fail to get maintained, they get upgrades th…

I'm the same way, except that photos is still amazing.

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

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Post by Beldin »

3np wrote: post #144
Causality1 wrote: post #115

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It's great right now for you. You don't worry about Google deciding to go about things totally differently in 18 months and shut it down? I don't pay for Google products because they have a shorter shelf-life than a bottle of ketchup.

> shorter shelf-life than a bottle of ketchup You know, that doesn’t really work, because ketchup lasts for ages

And music you buy shouldn't?

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

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Post by ThatPlayer »

hatsunearu wrote: post #197
ThatPlayer wrote: post #181

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Plex server with the newer Plexamp app has been my replacement, but you do need a PlexPass subscription for it.

Yeah if I wanna self host, I don't wanna pay for anything haha

I got a lifetime subscription a while ago, so it's not really an extra cost for me. They sometimes sell those still

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

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Post by josteink »

01100011 wrote: post #202
s3r3nity wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>The migration was super botched by the product team because of this. I honestly don't know why Google's Product Team has any positive reputation at this point. I can count on one hand the number of positive launches from that company that didn't involve buying another company or product. It's almost as if they're so good at playing politics and "the game" that people can't see the actual track record is shit.

> I honestly don't know why Google's Product Team has any positive reputation at this point. They have a positive reputation? I've been a loyal Googler for about 20 years. Nexus, Pixel, Chromecasts, GMail, Fi, Android TV, Google Domains... I'm about done. It seems like every month they do something to make it more apparent that they're just an advertising company. Products fail to get maintained, they get upgrades th…

> I've been a loyal Googler for about 20 years. Nexus, Pixel, Chromecasts, GMail, Fi, Android TV, Google Domains...

It was the same for me. But when Google seriously started botching the Nexus line and I bought three almost unusable products in a row (Nexus 9, Nexus Player, Nexus 5X), I was fed up and left.

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

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Post by ashishb »

Any good play that works well with Google Drive as storage? I tried a few but none seems to work well with music files Google Drive. I would prefer if they maintain some cache as well. If I can't find one, I might just write one over the weekend. Let Google Drive do the storage, and I will create the bare minimal player which can play music files. That setup will last for eternity.

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Post by JohnJamesRambo »

ssijak wrote: post #211

For people who used google services for 5+ years, dobyou have ANY insentive to try new google services knowing that there is a high chance of it being half-baked and killed in afew years?

I just have given up and I stop recommending them to friends and family entirely. It just makes me look like a fool.

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Post by tupputuppu »

pkulak wrote: post #221
01100011 wrote: post #202

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I honestly don't know why Google's Product Team has any positive reputation at this point. They have a positive reputation? I've been a loyal Googler for about 20 years. Nexus, Pixel, Chromecasts, GMail, Fi, Android TV, Google Domains... I'm about done. It seems like every month they do something to make it more apparent that they're just an advertising company. Products fail to get maintained, they get upgrades th…

I'm the same way, except that photos is still amazing.

The lock-in with Photos they've slowly moved in is phenomenal. The exporting of originals is always somehow difficult due to random bugs. Lately I've had to resort to Takeout with some relatives to migrate them to Dropbox where they're not locked in, and about 20% of the photos don't contain any exported metadata. It's ridiculous since Google Photos shows those same pictures clearly on the timeline, indicating it does know when they were take, it just excludes that information from the Takeout.

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

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Post by chewz »

greggman3 wrote: post #132

YT Music sucks and I just cancelled it yesterday (signed up for Google Play Music was was great). Google Play Music has the best recommendation tech. YT Music (and Spotify) have very poor recommendation tech. Examples: Spotify Playlist "Morning Pickup" First song is someone depressed they know they should break up but can't yet do it. Second song is about someone longing for their ex while in their current relationsh…

I agree 100% and thank you for providing examples.

I would pay a premium for a music service that isn't providing such incompetent recommendation engine.

Unfortunatly Apple Music is even worse at that. I have canceled after 30 days of heavy metal being pushed down my throat day after day - the only genre I do not listen to.

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

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Post by ricopags »

deanCommie wrote: post #65

Long-time GPM user and lover. Youtube Music fixes ONE problem I had with GPM - proper gapless playback. Everything else from the UX to the behaviour is worse. Very disappointing because I'm on Android and I like Spotify even less, and I've always loved the Google "Radio stations" more than any other. Feels bad man. Even when you give Google money they still pull the rug out from underneath you.

On a moto g7 power the Android app can't do gapless playback, even with downloaded files.

I listen to a lot of mixes, so this is untenable.

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