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I switched to YouTube Music from Spotify years ago, but have friends who refuse to switch, my understanding is:

- The YTM UI just feels worse than Spotify

- YTM has no official desktop app

- Moving all your liked songs and playlists over is annoying

- The whole shutting down Google Play Music just to release Youtube Music did a lot of damage to their "brand mindshare"

- People think it just means watching music videos on YouTube

- Everyone they know uses Spotify and they like seeing what their friends are listening to and it's easier to share links to songs within platform



> - Moving all your liked songs and playlists over is annoying

I've switched music streaming services a few times and this is always a pain, no matter which streaming service. I really really wish there were some universal export/import format that all these services shared to make switching easier (but I understand that might not be in their interest).


A universal track id number combined with m3u?


To convert links, try this: https://idonthavespotify.donado.co/




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