Android @lemdro.id baatliwala @lemmy.world 1 yr. ago

YouTube redesign tests replacing Library with 'You' tab

9to5google.com YouTube redesign tests replacing Library with 'You' tab

YouTube for Android is now testing a somewhat big redesign that replaces the Library tab for “You.” After long...

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Every time I read "YouTube redesign" I hope for a proper Material You design (including adaptive colors). Instead it's always just some menus shifting around.
- It makes me really mad cause YouTube is clearly taking ideas from Material Design 3, and even M3 recommends customizing it, but the way YouTube has done it is to make components smaller and harder to use in comparison to canonical M3. Like the bottom bar which is way thinner than the M3 one in comparison.
  
  It makes YouTube look like it's using a M3 knockoff
- YouTube has gone far from Material Design long time ago. The thin ugly icons are just one from many of the examples.
- Use LibreTube. It doesn't have ads, it protects your privacy and it has full Material You support. It also has SponsorBlock and DeArrow built in. It's just a superior YouTube experience.
Today I learned there's a library tab. I clicked in on it and am sure I've never seen that before.
- Have you never looked at your history or playlists? Or maybe there's another way to access those.
  
  Yes, I use both pretty heavily. But they're right there in the same menu, what's under Library just seems like a less useful version of what I want.
I've never even looked at the "library" tab in my life and wasn't even aware it existed until reading this post.
- It's basically just for your playlists, favorites, and watch history. "Library" never made much sense for that tab anyway.
doesnt look bad i think
- honestly, I think YouTube music is kind of been on a roll lately with changes. I know some people were against the comment section being at it for songs, but I love it
  
  When it provides all the same functionality and navigablility as Play Music, it will be on a roll.
  
  As long as it keeps trying to game all of Spotify's terrible choices, it will always be subpar.
  
  YTM will be on a roll when it starts giving me worthwhile musical suggestions. Regardless of the playlist, it keeps throwing the same stuff back at me. I barely discovered anything new through my music app since I switched from Spotify to YTM. I unironically discover new music more often through YouTube than YouTube Music.
  
  As for the comment section, I listen to music in the car or while I work, so for me the comment button is just... another button lol
  
  I agree. I have been. Enjoying the live lyrics update and I glance in the comments every now and then too.

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