YouTube “Music Key” Subscription Service Launches In Beta Next Week

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YouTube’s long-awaited music subscription service is finally here, with a $7.99 price tag for an initial promotional period, with a standard rate of $9.99 per month. The service is called YouTube Music Key, and it offers access to Google Play Music’s entire library, as well as providing ads-free music videos, background playback capabilities, and offline caching for viewing without a connection.

The music service is going out via limited beta at first, which you can sign up for at a site set up by Google over on YouTube. The service arrives alongside a new launch of a music category for YouTube that collects all music videos, as well as recommended playlists, based on both your interests and on what’s trending across the video site. It’ll also offer up content updates from artists you follow, show you your most-frequently listened-to tracks and more. In short, Google has created a full-fledged streaming music site, but with the added wrinkle that it has a strong emphasis on video content.

Full albums are now coming to YouTube, too, complete with official music videos, and videos added by YouTube’s own “music partners” to supplement where official videos aren’t available. This new service is free and ad-supported by default, but using Music Key ‘unlocks’ (get it?) the ability to use all of the above without seeing any annoying ads or pre-roll.

Invites with access should start rolling out next week on Monday. Google’s got a great idea here, and one that seems like a good fit beyond just music on YouTube. Free access to the ad-supported version should be accessible beginning now.

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Source: http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/12/youtube-music-key-subscription-service/

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JoePlaysCoDPosted:

Konviicted
xKat Pretty dumb, I literally know 0 people who pay for music


Do you even realize how dumb you sound? That's horrible. The only reason artists and bands can keep making music is from fans buying their music and advertisement. If literally no one in the world paid for music, there would be no music. You and the people you know are pretty ignorant.


How do they sound dumb?:L Why would you PAY for music? You can just youtube it anyway, with adblock ofc, but also just pirate it?:L Who cares, these singers are rich anyway.

DeluxeHazardPosted:

Or you could use AdBlock and watch the music videos for free like you can now. Companies putting a price on the internet is just saddens me.

SkamaPosted:

JRMH
Konviicted
xKat Pretty dumb, I literally know 0 people who pay for music


Do you even realize how dumb you sound? That's horrible. The only reason artists and bands can keep making music is from fans buying their music and advertisement. If literally no one in the world paid for music, there would be no music. You and the people you know are pretty ignorant.


uh, actually that's not true. Artists receive a decent chunk of their revenue from advertisements and radio services, such as Pandora and Spotify. True, they lose money from Piracy, but with Piracy being so popular, artists have to make money sometime. Just because we all pirate your favorite artists music and you're butthurt doesn't mean you need to state false facts.

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Hoping to see a tweak for iPhone that cracks this.



Well actually you are both off. Musicians have only rarely made money with albums/singles downloaded or streamed - they make money from the ticket sales those albums/singles generate. Avicii for example made $13,000 for the single "Wake Me Up" streaming on Pandora. But then made $9,000,000+ touring from the popularity of it.

JRMHPosted:

Konviicted
xKat Pretty dumb, I literally know 0 people who pay for music


Do you even realize how dumb you sound? That's horrible. The only reason artists and bands can keep making music is from fans buying their music and advertisement. If literally no one in the world paid for music, there would be no music. You and the people you know are pretty ignorant.


uh, actually that's not true. Artists receive a decent chunk of their revenue from advertisements and radio services, such as Pandora and Spotify. True, they lose money from Piracy, but with Piracy being so popular, artists have to make money sometime. Just because we all pirate your favorite artists music and you're butthurt doesn't mean you need to state false facts.

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Hoping to see a tweak for iPhone that cracks this.

KonviictedPosted:

xKat Pretty dumb, I literally know 0 people who pay for music


Do you even realize how dumb you sound? That's horrible. The only reason artists and bands can keep making music is from fans buying their music and advertisement. If literally no one in the world paid for music, there would be no music. You and the people you know are pretty ignorant.

MajPosted:

Pretty dumb, I literally know 0 people who pay for music

MissPosted:

Yessss I posted this in the World News section before you guys muahaha....

Anyways, it's really stupid, lol. I'd rather not pay $10 for music I can get for free or play for free. Thanks though Google.

1989Posted:

This is a good idea and They will make money from this.
Too bad im sticking with spotify.

SakiPosted:

MVPapi
-Skittle This is quite a good idea, especially the caching feature.


Until your phone becomes slower than Internet Explorer.


Why would it slow down? It's not like the files would be cached to RAM, it'd probably be in a cut off section of your internal HD / SD Card just like it is now with Google Play Music.

StonerzardPosted:

-Skittle This is quite a good idea, especially the caching feature.


Until your phone becomes slower than Internet Explorer.


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