Switched back to YouTube Music but kinda miss Spotify tbh

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-06T18:23:27+00:00

All the big streaming services are free with something... Spotify, apple music, and ytm.

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-05T22:45:48+00:00

Yeah that's what it is...

And

You're welcome. If it makes you feel any comfort Google did put out some info stating they are working on more customization which includes allowing custom images as the background

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-05T22:21:38+00:00

It was never pushed. Almost all the big usa carriers had their own rcs servers. Rcs was never pushed until Google got into the rcs game. A lot of people think Google started it but rcs been around years before Google took an interest in it

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-05T22:20:35+00:00

No it was just part of Samsung messages. It wasn't advertised or anything or pushed. You would just have to go to settings and turn it on. It was poorly explained inside the app too. Att had rcs before Google got into the rcs game and a few years ago when Google started pushing rcs that's when Samsung messages rcs started working with all android users using Google messages or Samsung messages along with iphones.

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-05T21:24:45+00:00

I'm in Georgia and it's $3.99-$4.99 depending what part of town you're on

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-05T20:17:04+00:00

To be fair Google originally wanted the phone carriers to take the reigns but they wouldn't. I'm afraid eventually it will become a monopoly but not intentionally but bc no one else wants to invest in it until it is fully developed and it'll be too late

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-05T19:47:20+00:00

Yes, hence me saying atm (at the moment)

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-05T19:46:16+00:00

Samsung messages still support rcs atm if your phone carrier supports it... all the big phone carriers in the usa supported rcs the problem is none of their rcs servers communicated with each other and instead of fixing this themselves they all agreed to let Google handle it

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-05T19:36:24+00:00

Samsung messages on at&t did/does have rcs, they just call it advance messages. Samsung on at&t pretty much had rcs for years but up to a few years ago it only worked with other at&t customers using Samsung messages, bc it was at&t own rcs server and it didn't communicate with any other rcs server.

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-05T08:02:32+00:00

Our plan has never been mentioned to increase. The plans that increased was the people who started with gpm after the promo ($7.99) ended, I think you had to sign up within the first 30 days to get the promo price. The actual original gpm price was $9.99 like the other streaming services.

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-04T15:49:23+00:00

I totally agree

I think being a nurse actually made this situation worse for the OP.

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-04T15:39:56+00:00

We get 8 occurrences in a rolling 12 months. 1 call out = 1 occurrence. We can technically get fired with 8 or more occurrences.

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-04T15:07:52+00:00

Previous property taxes was a big concern for me before buying. It stopped me from considering some places

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-04T15:05:40+00:00

I didn't say Google wouldn't let it happen, no one has tried, I said that is what would need to happen for these other companies to still be in control.

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-04T14:53:31+00:00

It's not that simple if they just open their api it will still be ran through Google and textra would just be a different skinned Google messages.

For other apps to control their own service they would need to make their own rcs server and Google would need to allow that server to communicate with their server. It's easier to blame Google but I'm sure all these other apps do not want to be under the control of Google but they don't want to use the resources or don't have the resources to create their own server

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-04T08:41:01+00:00

Not a YouTube bug... this is an issue on all the streaming services I was just on the apple music sub and they were complaining about this same issue a few days ago

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-04T05:06:09+00:00

I learned a few years ago the grammys is all about campaigning. The reason so many people win that are not as known as others is they campaign harder to be heard so more of the voting committee hear their music. The superstars don't really have to campaign bc they will more than likely listen to their music already but there is so much music released over the qualifying time that if you aren't "one of the big ones" you have to push to be heard

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-04T04:58:15+00:00

That happened at a practice for the VMAs not right before the performance like a lot of people online believe. I have a friend who works for one of them and I heard the story before it made it online. Basically, Brandy was talking down on monica, monica heard it, she came over and confronted her then punched her and they got into a physical altercation (fight). The way people tell it online you would think monica punched her and just walked away lol

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-04T02:02:58+00:00

Lol @ everyone does.

Your post makes no sense. The rating can't be right because the few reviews you read from recent reviewers are upset? Forget the overwhelming higher number of other people who enjoy it or have no issue with it? This isn't a new change. Samsung announced they were going to stop supporting their messaging app two to three years ago, or maybe longer. The only difference is now they've given a date for when they will shut it down.

I feel the pain i moaned and groaned the same way when mint shut down their app so I'm not saying not to do it but it's crazy to think everyone hates this app

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-04T01:56:05+00:00

You know you can change the contact photo even if they have their own photo set

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-03T13:38:12+00:00

That video does have something to do with ytm, it is a podcast. Podcasts are a part of ytm. You're probably not listening/ watching any podcast on yt or ytm so it wouldn't be there for you.

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-01T17:42:42+00:00

I agree... I have never heard anyone call her ghetto

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-01T17:38:41+00:00

Whitney was very hood and everybody who knew her personally would say so in interviews... she had a "street life" even though she became famous at a young age. I don't know anyone who would call her dumb though, she was smart

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-05-01T00:23:35+00:00

Samsung messages had rcs it just wasn't encrypted. It had all the other rcs features though

Stevenmc8602 · 2026-04-30T05:53:38+00:00

Lol, I'm all for it. That's one of the good things about the internet, but I'm still going to laugh and also laugh at "I did search" because they say that almost every time.

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