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I paid for google music from release till they killed it. Now I just use YouTube since its free and has the neiche stuff. No point in paying if an adblocker can make it tolerable.
Still dependent on google/YT and adblockers, so I’d start working on a backup plan!
The only other option is to torrent everything but thats a bit of a pain. If YouTube can stop me from blocking ads, they would have actually done it by now.
Personally I wouldn’t bet against the multinational corporate juggernaut with no moral scruples lol but you do you. Going full on yar with music is easier than ever now with services like sonarr
My bet is they know they would cause an YouTube exodus and thats why all their attempts so far have been passive aggressive annoyances rather that slamming the door.
They can't give any potential competition that kind of advantage.
Case in point
They’ve been gunning for adblockers for like a year. Each project has had to increase their update frequency to keep up and browsers like brave/firefox have been encountering issues as well. So far they’ve managed to stay ahead but you’re wrong saying they wouldn’t try to stop it - it’s already underway. Adblockers have impacted their revenue enough over the last few years that they are now actively trying to break them.