I tried switching to it years ago after I was forced to migrate from Play Music (which was superior, IMO). I was _very_ turned off to YT Music matching songs in my library with random audio tracks from YT videos. Perhaps they no longer do this, but I went with Apple Music, which is what I've used since.
And now I'm mad about Play Music shutting down again!
(They, Amazon Music and iTunes/Apple Music had a true "music locker" service where you could upload songs from your library, no matter the source, and play them anywhere. iTunes/Apple Music is the only one left that does this, and even then, I'm not sure if the iTunes part works on Android.)
> I was _very_ turned off to YT Music matching songs in my library with random audio tracks from YT videos. Perhaps they no longer do this
I was also mega turned off by this... initially. At some point it stopped happening to me unintentionally and now it only really happens if I start playing from a YouTube video (which is actually quite help for some obscure songs/remixes). You can also turn off this functionality all together in the settings.
> a true "music locker" service where you could upload songs from your library, no matter the source, and play them anywhere
You can upload your own music and then stream it from any device on YouTube Music now
And now I'm mad about Play Music shutting down again!
(They, Amazon Music and iTunes/Apple Music had a true "music locker" service where you could upload songs from your library, no matter the source, and play them anywhere. iTunes/Apple Music is the only one left that does this, and even then, I'm not sure if the iTunes part works on Android.)