You all know YouTube Music, YouTube’s platform, which is jealous of Spotify’s success. YouTube Music is very popular with its many features, which allows you to listen to songs offline that are not on Spotify if you use YouTube Premium.

Apart from this, however, there are still some unknown features that might make you a little upset when you hear about it. Because YouTube Music collects your location data. But it doesn’t collect anymore, so don’t get too angry. So why did YouTube Music collect location data and why does it stop collecting now?

YouTube Music suggested playlist based on your location

YouTube Music collected your location data to suggest playlists you want to listen to in your location. for example if when you are at the gym a playlist that suits you, if when you are at work this one a suitable playlist was recommended.

This approach to YouTube Music, 26 It ends on Monday September. and all location-based playlist suggestions, location settings, and app permissions will be removed. In addition, the location data collected so far will also be deleted. The reason for moving away from this approach is natural, as you can imagine. privacy abuse.

However, YouTube Music will continue to personalize your music experience based on your approximate location. The application, along with the data from Google, in your city with the weather (e.g. rainy day) will suggest related playlists. What do you think? Please don’t forget to share your thoughts with us in the comments.