[MDCore]

This seems to be an advertorial. Even when it talks about what's missing it shrugs it off like an unrealistic demand:

> The one feature I really find lacking in Music is the ability to make playlists, but I know that when it comes to music services I’m hungry for power features that don’t necessarily appeal to the masses

This article is an ad, not a review or analysis of the service.

[icebraining]

The opposite take: "YouTube Music is Breathtakingly Pointless"

http://gizmodo.com/youtube-music-is-breathtakingly-pointless...

[giancarlostoro]

It really seems pointless when I've been using Google All Music Access for over a year and have access to all the music I know and love, all cached on my phone for offline use.

[on_and_off]

isn't that true for 90% of the content of this website ?

[sanjeetsuhag]

Its The Verge. What did you expect ?

[morgante]

Advertisements are paid for. This wasn't.

Saying that it was is a pretty major accusation and, if true, would be a gigantic breach of journalistic ethics.

There's a huge difference between a positive review and an advertisement. Conflating the two is intellectually lazy.

[cb18]

Advertisements are paid for. This wasn't.

I've not read the article, but it makes sense to remember that 'payment' can come in various forms, not just cash. Access, favors, special privileges granted, etc.

This isn't my purview, per se, but I know there is some concern about this sort of thing, particularly in political reporting which has become much less adversarial compared to the not so distant past.

You're of course unlikely to find many of these concerns voiced very loudly in the 'press.'

[rangibaby]

Great point; I remember being really bummed out by the Youtube app for iOS in ~2009 not having playlists. It's not exactly a power feature.