Google continues to tighten restrictions on YouTube features, with more of them moving to paid subscription. After closing the background play loopholes, the company is now moving to restrict the display of song lyrics within YouTube Music and make them exclusive to Premium subscribers.
Multiple posts on the r/YoutubeMusic forum on Reddit revealed that a new alert had appeared within the app interface saying: You have
In practice, this means that YouTube Music only allows a limited number of song lyrics to be displayed for free accounts, before requiring a paid subscription to continue.
This step did not come out of nowhere, as its features began to appear since last September, when a limited number of users reported a message asking them to upgrade to Premium to view song lyrics. At the time, it seemed like a limited test. Now, as the message has become more widespread, it appears that Google has adopted the new policy more widely.
Although an official announcement has not been made yet, Google’s precedents indicate that official confirmation may come days after the change is actually implemented, as happened previously with the background running feature.
It is noteworthy that the YouTube Music Premium subscription costs $ 11 per month in the United States, while it can be obtained within the YouTube Premium subscription for $ 14 per month, which also provides the removal of ads and playing videos in the background. In Europe, prices vary depending on the country.
