This is very far from truth unless you only listen freshs pop music. And even then it is easy to click a song only to receive "not available in your region".
replyno, I've found many an album on youtube that isn't anywhere else and was uploaded by a random guy 10 years ago
replyWhat? I find plenty of jazz and classical music on youtube. yt-dlp -x is your friend.
replyI find it amusing that youtube can be the source of my "pirated" music and get away with it. But the piratebay guys got their lives smashed to pieces.
But that I guess, is our civilization today. One set of rules for politicians and corporations, and one set for the slaves.