Apparently this was a compromise with music publishers, which is why YouTube Music is force bundled with it. They insisted that if YouTube was going to have a premium service it had to pay out music licensing because so much music is already on YouTube.
Well that sounds like an issue between YouTube and music publishers. It doesn’t change the fact that it’s a ripoff. They could just add a lower tier that only removes ads from non-music videos for like $2-3/mo.
Apparently this was a compromise with music publishers, which is why YouTube Music is force bundled with it. They insisted that if YouTube was going to have a premium service it had to pay out music licensing because so much music is already on YouTube.
Well that sounds like an issue between YouTube and music publishers. It doesn’t change the fact that it’s a ripoff. They could just add a lower tier that only removes ads from non-music videos for like $2-3/mo.