{"id":8503,"date":"2021-10-21T10:16:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T10:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1370633"},"modified":"2021-10-21T10:16:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T10:16:09","slug":"youtube-music-pisses-on-free-users-by-going-audio-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=8503","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Music pisses on free users by going audio only"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/plugged?filter_last=1&amp;fit=1280%2C640&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2019%2F03%2FYouTube-Music-hed.jpg&amp;signature=3d39907504ee67ccffeb8c5147182c3d\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\" data-qa=\"block-kit-renderer\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\" readability=\"9\">\n<p>YouTube Music is a great alternative to Spotify or Apple Music. Even if you are a paid subscriber to those services, you can use YouTube Music\u2019s ad-supported tier without paying anything.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The company is now making a major change to how you can consume music on the app. Till now, you could either listen to the audio or watch the video of a track \u2014 even if you\u2019re on the free tier.<\/p>\n<p>However, starting November 3, YouTube is moving video watching capability to the premium tier. That means if you watch a lot of music videos on the free tier, you will need to pay up.<\/p>\n<p>You can still watch these videos by switching to the YouTube app, and if you hate that, the company wants to capitalize exactly on that. Ugh, corporates.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a free user, you\u2019ll be able to listen to songs on background, explore songs, and shuffle play playlists. For other stuff such as unlimited skips, music videos, and ad-free experience you\u2019ll need to pay for YouTube Premium (CAD$11.90\/$9.50).<\/p>\n<p>YouTube is starting with this new change in Canada with unspecified \u201c<span>global expansion plans.\u201d It may be possible that in price-sensitive markets like India \u2014 which is also YouTube\u2019s biggest audience \u2014 the company might not roll out this plan.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter__right\" role=\"presentation\" data-qa=\"message_content\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\" data-qa=\"block-kit-renderer\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\" readability=\"7.0909090909091\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_block\" dir=\"auto\" readability=\"31.909090909091\">YouTube Music joins a growing range of streaming services that are experimenting. Earlier this week, Apple launched <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/apple-music-siri-voice-plan-analysis\">a $5 voice-only plan<\/a> that you can only operate through Siri.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can read more about this upcoming change <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtubemusic\/thread\/130522871\/ama-ask-us-anything-about-youtube-music-app%E2%80%99s-new-listening-experience-by-oct-21?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Did you know we have a newsletter all about consumer tech? It\u2019s called Plugged In \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/hello.thenextweb.com\/plugged\">and you can subscribe to it right here<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/youtube-music-video-free-tier\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube Music is a great alternative to Spotify or Apple Music. Even if you are a paid subscriber to those services, you can use YouTube Music\u2019s ad-supported tier without paying anything. 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