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Tell HN: All your Google Music deleted on February 24th

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Tell HN: All your Google Music deleted on February 24th

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Post by chrisacky »

I didn't buy that much on Google Music, it was mostly indie, self-published bands/groups who needed a platform, but from 24th All Google Music is being deleted and the platform shutdown.

This is the email I received:

> We'll soon delete all of your Google Play Music library and data

> On 24 February 2021, we will delete all of your Google Play Music data.

> This includes your music library, with any uploads, purchases and anything you've added from Google Play Music.

> After this date, there will be no way to recover it.

> You can download your Google Play Music library and data with Google Takeout, or transfer it to YouTube Music.

> As a reminder, with one click, you can still transfer your music library, including uploads, playlists and recommendations, to YouTube Music before 24 February 2021.

Re: Tell HN: All your Google Music deleted on February 24th

#2

Post by napsterbr »

They deleted my curated playlist for programming while I was a paying customer and with zero warning. I just moved to a new service (and in parallel keep my playlist locally, with good old mp3 files).

Thanks for the warning, but unfortunately when it comes to Google one must never be surprised when their data is no longer accessible.

Re: Tell HN: All your Google Music deleted on February 24th

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Post by junon »

napsterbr wrote: post #2

They deleted my curated playlist for programming while I was a paying customer and with zero warning. I just moved to a new service (and in parallel keep my playlist locally, with good old mp3 files). Thanks for the warning, but unfortunately when it comes to Google one must never be surprised when their data is no longer accessible.

I need a new service reccomendation that isn't GMusic or Spotify, neither companies of which I would like to support financially.

I don't mind paying for a hosted service as I don't have the time nor the energy to manage my own multimedia service and would like to have good reliability when out and about.

Any ideas?

Re: Tell HN: All your Google Music deleted on February 24th

#7

Post by d0gbread »

I know the general feel with Google is "they'll shut this down too" and correct me if I'm wrong, but this looks to be more of a rebranding/merge save for the one click to port everything and lose nothing.

If that's true I just wanted to call it out since comments so far read like they're deleting content you've purchased with no recourse.

Re: Tell HN: All your Google Music deleted on February 24th

#8

Post by fakedang »

d0gbread wrote: post #7

I know the general feel with Google is "they'll shut this down too" and correct me if I'm wrong, but this looks to be more of a rebranding/merge save for the one click to port everything and lose nothing. If that's true I just wanted to call it out since comments so far read like they're deleting content you've purchased with no recourse.

It's not an automatic transfer though - the customer has to manually transfer out their music. How many people would have read this email?

Re: Tell HN: All your Google Music deleted on February 24th

#9

Post by erikbye »

junon wrote: post #6
napsterbr wrote: post #2

They deleted my curated playlist for programming while I was a paying customer and with zero warning. I just moved to a new service (and in parallel keep my playlist locally, with good old mp3 files). Thanks for the warning, but unfortunately when it comes to Google one must never be surprised when their data is no longer accessible.

I need a new service reccomendation that isn't GMusic or Spotify, neither companies of which I would like to support financially. I don't mind paying for a hosted service as I don't have the time nor the energy to manage my own multimedia service and would like to have good reliability when out and about. Any ideas?

My ipod has never failed me. It stores and plays music.
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