Google Bails on Selling Music Downloads

It's official: Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) subsidiary Google has bailed on selling music downloads through the Google Play store. The move has been a long time coming, as Google has been trying to nudge users toward YouTube Music for over a year. The company wants people to transfer their music libraries to YouTube Music as an alternative.

Discontinuing music downloads is just the latest development as the music industry continues to aggressively shift to streaming.

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