• newIdentity
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    1 year ago

    I actually don’t think it’s a bad decision. I think merging it with YouTube is a good thing. They could integrate tightly with YouTube since they already added a “podcast” feature and you could seemlessly switch between Video and Audio.

    Sooner or later I expected that to happen.

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      1 year ago

      But to a user, what would the benefit be? Would the UI also change depending on content played to expose the controls specialized for each type of media?

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        1 year ago

        It combined two apps I already use. The UI of YTM is better than the podcast app anyways. Not a crazy huge benefit, but there’s no detractor for me because I already use YTM heavily.

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        1 year ago

        You could listen to an epsiode on YouTube then pause and listen to it on YouTube music.

        Would the UI also change depending on content played to expose the controls specialized for each type of media?

        They already kinda do that on YouTube (with YouTube premium). When you watch a music video, you have music controls in the normal YouTube app and a button to switch to YouTube music

        Tbh, they should rather make a new app called "YouTube Podcasts)