I've had a Spotify premium membership for a few years, already, and already I've built a sizable music library (mostly of trance music). I started with a 3-month discounted price of just $1 or so, and I liked the service that I kept subscribing to it. I like most of the selection of music and the ability to save music in my phone so that I can listen to it offline.
I didn't bother with Google Play Music, Tidal or now YouTube Music. I was also pretty happy that Taylor Swift and other music artists put their music back on Spotify. But now I see a download icon in the mobile version of YouTube; I thought it was an add-on that I installed on Google Play which let me download YT videos on my phone like I can on Netflix, but stopped working for some reason; I clicked on it and it said that that feature is available only with "YouTube Premium."
Lately, I've been listening to Japanese and Korean pop music, including "City Pop" and "Acid Black Cherry" (I actually listened to that band years before I subscribed to Spotify Premium). I wanted to take that music with me on-the-go. I could download the music using a YT-to-mp3 conversion website on my PC, but I don't know how reliable they are anymore, since the last time I tried it didn't work successfully. The YT download apps from the Play store don't seem to be working, either. I even tried to look for the music in Spotify, with little to no success. Looks like the only choice I have is to subscribe to YT Premium...
I've read that YT Premium also gives premium access to YT Music and Play Music. (what about Play Movies?) The only reason I'd want to switch to YT Premium is the ability to download YT videos on my phone, the "legal" way. Is it really worth it? How does YT Music's music selection compare to that of Spotify?
I didn't bother with Google Play Music, Tidal or now YouTube Music. I was also pretty happy that Taylor Swift and other music artists put their music back on Spotify. But now I see a download icon in the mobile version of YouTube; I thought it was an add-on that I installed on Google Play which let me download YT videos on my phone like I can on Netflix, but stopped working for some reason; I clicked on it and it said that that feature is available only with "YouTube Premium."
Lately, I've been listening to Japanese and Korean pop music, including "City Pop" and "Acid Black Cherry" (I actually listened to that band years before I subscribed to Spotify Premium). I wanted to take that music with me on-the-go. I could download the music using a YT-to-mp3 conversion website on my PC, but I don't know how reliable they are anymore, since the last time I tried it didn't work successfully. The YT download apps from the Play store don't seem to be working, either. I even tried to look for the music in Spotify, with little to no success. Looks like the only choice I have is to subscribe to YT Premium...
I've read that YT Premium also gives premium access to YT Music and Play Music. (what about Play Movies?) The only reason I'd want to switch to YT Premium is the ability to download YT videos on my phone, the "legal" way. Is it really worth it? How does YT Music's music selection compare to that of Spotify?
