Hot take, all apps look the same now.
Nintendo's new music app is a clone of YouTube Music.
Submitted 6 months ago by Dot@feddit.org to technology@lemmy.world
https://9to5google.com/2024/10/30/nintendo-youtube-music/
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gedaliyah@lemmy.world 6 months ago
RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
This is so true. There have been many occasions where I thought someone was using TikTok, but it was just another app that looked exactly the same (Instagram, LinkedIn, some guitar learning app etc)
half@lemy.lol 6 months ago
That’s kind of the idea. I miss the originality of old systems, but it seems like a lot of developers are prioritizing consistency and learnability for the sake of accessibility.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 months ago
Makes sense as developers probably got sick of helping their family fix simple issues that were just slightly more work than pressing a single button.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s laid out just like Spotify and Apple Music, so pretty much.
BorisBoreUs@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What a terrible app to clone…
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This is just Material Design a set of design principles and components by Google for developers to use.
justhach@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Of all the music apps, why? I HATE Youtube Music. I only use it because I get it free with Youtube Premium, but its a shit app. Google Music and Google Podcasts died for this?
First off, I can’t separate my podcasts from my music like I used to when we had two discrete apps, so whenever I want to listen to one, it erases the queue for the other. Why not have the ability to have seperate playlists for each?
Then there was the whole “merging your liked Youtube videos with your liked songs”, so you’d get the audio from a 7 minute video playing at random intervals while you’re just trying to listen to music. To their credit, they did fix that after several months of user complaints.
It also crashes fairly regularly when I’m broadcasting to my Google home speaker, which is actually kind of funny when you think about it.
All in all, 2/10 app, would not recommend.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I am by no means a YTM Stan and I agree it’s not a great app, but at the same time I struggle to think of one that’s objectively better, besides the now defunct Google Play Music. And that was only really better because it was easier to navigate.
GraniteM@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Better for what? I only listen to mp3s I’ve got stored on my phone; I use BlackPlayer for that, and I love it. For streaming music purposes… I dunno, I never got into that racket.
Takumidesh@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yes, honestly the fact that ‘youtube music’ is literally just a different frontend for YouTube drives me nuts, it goes both ways, the YouTube app for TV doesn’t have proper features either, it’s unclear if you are getting the music or video version and the most egregious of them all imo, on the TV app, you can’t freaking browse for a different song while music is playing, you have to stop the song to go to the search bar.
Dhs92@programming.dev 6 months ago
Also the recommendation algorithm is awful compared to Google Play Music
n3cr0@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I hope the big G will pull the big N into court.
MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Based on what? All apps just look like this now. If you blurred the content and told me this was the Netflix app, I’d be like yeah checks out.
sirico@feddit.uk 6 months ago
No clearly Youtube have copied Nintendo and should expect a summons in due course
Scribble902@feddit.uk 6 months ago
OK, it’s possible it’s a template Google made available for android developers. I find the YT music app easier to navigate so quite like it.
Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Easier to navigate than what? If you say Google play music I’ll drive to your nuts and kick you in the house. Ytm is hot dog water and gets worse every update
Flying_Hellfish@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m sad every day that Google Play Music is gone.
PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I just wish I could find a playlist I actually want to listen to.
Rob200@lemmings.world 6 months ago
Nintendo has been taking down music for some years now, and now it wants to release a music service. They should had done this a long time ago.
The last thing i’m worried about being spoiled about is a video games soundtrack.
_sideffect@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Looks more like Spotify to me, which came before YouTube music app, I think
nek0d3r@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I can’t wait until someone cracks it and I can just use it as my go-to source for Nintendo music storage.
…(in Minecraft)
MrGerrit@feddit.nl 6 months ago
Nintendo lawyers prepping to sue YouTube music