[Workaccount2]

But that's my point, YouTube music isn't really a music streaming service, it's just YouTube premium.

The whole "YouTube music free!" is just marketing and a music focused app wrapped on YouTube.

YouTube premium without YouTube music would be pretty much the same cost.

[al_borland]

That may be their internal justification, but due to their marketing, it feels like I’m forced to buy two things, when I only ever wanted one. This is why people have been asking for a YouTube Premium Lite, and what they delivered isn’t what anyone asking really wanted.

[Workaccount2]

What people are asking for isn't viable, and people are confused. That's what I am explaining here.

YouTube premium would not be any cheaper without YouTube music. It's a marketing gimmick.

[al_borland]

I understand what you’re saying, but the point still stands. YouTube has positioned this as a 2 for 1 value, that people don’t see value in. The optics are bad. It might be technically valid, but that’s irrelevant when it comes to consumer sentiment, especially when YouTube itself framed it this way.