Youtube music isn't an equivalent product.

Frankly it's garbage and when they finally pull the trigger and kill google music I'm going to stop paying them.

I've been watching the development of YouTube music for the last several years knowing my preferred platform's days were numbered.

YouTube Music fills the needs of some, perhaps many users, but it is not a 1:1 replacement and I'm not a fan of what they have to offer.

Also I hold a bit of resentment for YTM since the YouTube app no longer allows backgrounding podcast-style content or playing it with the screen locked. It tells you to go to YouTube Music instead but that's definitely not the right UX for watching/listening to that kind of content.

There is literally absolutely nothing wrong with the Google Play Music app. On the other hand the YouTube Music app is forced upon me when I am on regular YouTube listening to music to read lyrics of songs. Their culture makes it so stuff get cancelled for the shiny new toy nobody asked for.

> The app is dead

Huh? I'm still using it every other day or so.