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  Re: you can listen to it on YouTube
  By: August Abolins to Mortar M. on Thu Nov 21 2024 19:56:00

 > YT does not present itself as an equivalent to something like
 > Spotify.  Sorry.

I prefer function over form.  And YT doesn't decide what music it thinks I
want to hear.

 > ...if I am interested in music, the video content...is overkill and
 > irrelevent to me as a "listener".

Agreed, unless I'm wanting to watch music videos.

 > Even the YT vids of 45's being played seems silly. I know what a spinning
 > record looks like. I don't need 3-4 minutes of that!

Um...don't look.

 > Besides, vid content is a bigger data hog than simply the
 > audio.  I wouldn't want to waste data/bandwidth for video that
 > I don't need.

If you're on a phone, that could be a problem, besides the YT app SUUUUCKS!
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