YouTube is about to begin testing the new service – which will charge people to watch and listen to music without ads, and download songs to their mobile devices – within the next few days, initially within Google.
Doesn't this go against the initial purpose of YouTube: to easily post and share video content? If I'm a band with an independent label and I want to post a music video, I no longer will be allowed to?
Seems like a bad move. I also don't know why anyone would pay to subscribe to a music service centered on YouTube when there are 3-4 other options already entrenched in the market. That just doesn't make sense to me. If you're the kind of person willing to pay for a music subscription service, you have likely already subscribed to one. Why on earth would I switch to YouTube to listen to music - and pay a premium to do so?
I'm sure someone smarter than me thought this up, but on its face it doesn't seem like a wise move.