On: Unofficial Google Play Music Desktop Client

[JoBrad]

You can also play your local music with apps like Spotify. No desktop client is a huge issue for me.

[lern_too_spel → JoBrad]

The only reason Spotify needs the ability to play local music is to play music that is not on Spotify. Most other services, including this Google one, let you upload your collection to play on any device.

[detaro → lern_too_spel]

Why would I want to waste bandwidth/traffic quota on music I have locally?

[on_and_off → detaro]

because that way you don't need to keep these files locally.

My collection is quite large, it is backed on a hard drive and also available on Play Music.

Since they have a good matching algorithm, uploading an album is often instantaneous.

It is probably not for everyone, but I really like this service.

[detaro → on_and_off]

Ok, maybe I worded that to strongly. It is a great feature as an option, but IMHO the software should still be able to use local files if they are available.