Alternative to Google play music once they close?
I’ve been using google play music for about 6 years. It’s a convenient way for me to access all my music (mostly ripped CDs).
Google is shutting down this product at the end of the year. Any suggestions for an alternative? I like being able to access my own collection and not crazy about paying a second time to access music I already bought. But if I am going to pay for a service, which one?
I hate Google for this. I love Google Play Music, and have had a premium subscription for many, many years. Youtube Music doesn't come close, the interface is absolutely horrible, a UX disaster. Way to go in alienating your paying customers, Google.
Sorry for the rant. I know it is not what you were looking for. I have no solutions for people that use the upload stuff (which I don't).
Honestly I’m just back to storing my own music and gave up on streaming services. To discover new music though i use mostly Hype Machine, Deezer and Youtube music, just get the actual mp3 for the stuff I like so I am not at the mercy of changing licenses etc.
Nicotine+, dump files to Google drive, and use Cloudplayer on Android or other desktop program like Clementine to stream your music from.your Google storage.
I bought an app Neutron and just play my own music from the hd from my phone. As soon as google music announced this was going to happen I immediately looked for some other solution.