[som]

That's fair. Lack of any official APIs outside of the standard YT data API is frustrating. Would love to see / hear about a rosetta stone for the streaming services to allow easier migration (and integration) between them. Though I guess that's not in anyone's interest.

Also regards the ban, from what I've read Google have included Music by choice. Potentially as a bargaining chip.

[oliverjanssen]

A universal standard for streaming services would be amazing – but yeah, lock-in is the whole point for them. Even basic stuff like playlist export is intentionally painful.

Interesting that Google included Music by choice. Classic move – comply broadly, then negotiate exceptions later. Thanks for the info!