Roast mode

The roast of YouTube Music

Written from 500 recent App Store reviews. We roast the app, never the people.

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YouTube Music crashes so often, it's basically a mid-song nap generator.
Ads show up before and after almost every song. Your playlist gets more commercial breaks than a Sunday game.
Background play is behind a paywall. Your music stops the moment you lock your screen, like it's shy.
Shuffle plays the same hundred songs on repeat. Real shuffle would be a nice party trick here.
Users want a filter for AI music. Honestly, a label would help a lot of people sort their playlists.
Your playlists and downloads sometimes vanish. Someone should tell the app to keep its stuff together.
Ask for iPhone Duo support and you get a polite nod. Maybe the next update will shuffle that to the top.

But honestly…

The catalog is huge, with obscure and indie tracks most apps don't have, and many people still say it beats Spotify.

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How we make this: we take the top complaints and wishes from recent reviews. AI turns them into jokes under strict rules: no swearing, and no jokes about people. Is a line unfair? Tell us and we'll fix it.