> I wish they would launch this; I happily pay $10/month for YouTube Red right now for exactly this.
And here I wish I could pay for YouTube Red.
From what I've heard, YouTube Red users get Google Play Music for free. Ironically, I pay Google more than $10 a month for Google Play Music alone, but they won't let me pay for YouTube Red, even if I want to.
Why? God knows.
If they're going to be the gatekeepers to paid online content, I'd be furious if they botch that one up too with the same kind of regional discrimination and limitations.
And knowing Google though, that's probably exactly what they're going to do. Because that's what they always do.
It's not a distribution issue - he already listens to the same music through Google Music scubscription as would be provided by Google Red, if it were available.
Google Red can still impose territorial restrictions.
It's not Google Red that is imposing territorial restrictions. After all, Google Red doesn't own the copyright to the music in question, and the copyright owners get to make those decisions.
And here I wish I could pay for YouTube Red.
From what I've heard, YouTube Red users get Google Play Music for free. Ironically, I pay Google more than $10 a month for Google Play Music alone, but they won't let me pay for YouTube Red, even if I want to.
Why? God knows.
If they're going to be the gatekeepers to paid online content, I'd be furious if they botch that one up too with the same kind of regional discrimination and limitations.
And knowing Google though, that's probably exactly what they're going to do. Because that's what they always do.