alt Hacker NewsWhy did Google bother?
They're a music store, they sell music, both to own, but also renting their vast library out.
Google should learn not to shit where they eat.
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inerte • today at 12:51 AM
Because of ads and background music for YouTube.
tredre3 • yesterday at 10:57 PM
Welcome to 2026's reality, most new music is already AI-generated. I don't like it, but it is what it is. YT Music is already full of AI slop, those tools aren't changing that.
If anything it gives Google control of the entire production->sale->delivery process.
I'm honestly not seeing a downside for Google here, can you elaborate?
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big tech companies are 50 companies in a trench coat, there isn't some great aligning directive. Feels like some random side project some employees felt like making.