By Cameron Summerson
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal suggested that Google is in talks with record labels to start its own Spotify-like music streaming service. In the same article, the newsgroup also reported that El Goog is looking to do something similar with YouTube, and launch pay-to-view channels, though no specific details past that were given. Now, some code found in the most recent YouTube app update basically confirms the service is on its way:
<string name=”paid_channel_subscribe_message”>You can only subscribe to this paid channel on your computer.</string>
<string name=”paid_channel_unsubscribe_message”>You can only unsubscribe from this paid channel on your computer.</string>
And there it is, in just a few simple words: “You can only subscribe/unsubscribe from this paid channel on your computer.” While it’s still very unclear exactly what this means, it does confirm that the previous rumors are legit. At this point, any content we could suggest that these pay-to-view channels may include would be wild speculation, so we’ll just let you imagine the possibilities on your own.