JAKARTA - YouTube Music has started implementing changes that will be criticized by many users. The music streaming platform will no longer provide song lyrics for free users.
If you want to see lyrics while listening to a song that is played for free, you can't do it on YouTube Music, both on Android and iOS. Users must subscribe to YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium.
Before this policy was implemented, free users could still see the lyrics of songs even with limitations. Users with free accounts are only given a quota to see the lyrics of songs as many as five times.
If the quota is exhausted, there will be a notification from YouTube Music. Users must subscribe to Premium to unlock the lyrics they want to see freely.
The lyrics of the song will still be displayed on the playback page even though this policy is applied. Only, the lyrics display only shows the first few lines. The rest will be blurry and can't be scrolled down.
Google has been testing this change for the past few months in various regions. Now, the system of restricting access to lyrics will be widely implemented worldwide in the near future.
This new policy is likely to reap a variety of reactions from music enthusiasts who are used to accessing lyrics without charge. However, Google remains optimistic that their paid service ecosystem will continue to grow as other exclusive features are introduced.
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