The article is simply incorrect when it says that Youtube Music doesn't allow streaming of one's own personal library. It does - up to 100,000 songs.

This functionality has been available since 2020, around the time when Google Play Music (which always had the ability to play from a personal library) got absorbed into Youtube Music.

https://support.google.com/youtubemusic/answer/9716522?hl=en

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[1] https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome

Gonic running on my NAS via Docker + Ultrasonic over WireGuard (WG Tunnel for autoswitching when I'm not connected to my Wi-Fi).

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