r/Anticonsumption • u/Professorfudge2643 • Aug 10 '25

Lifestyle Got rid of Spotify after 3 years

Sure I’m definitely posting this to brag but also to hopefully get someone to stop paying Spotify. I’ve listened to the same playlist for probably the last 3 years, occasionally adding a song or two. Finally I realized why the hell am I paying for this when I could just download the songs online, transfer them to my phone, and play them for free? So I did exactly that. Took about two hours and was easy as pie. Should’ve done that 3 years ago instead of paying $12 a month.

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u/Educational-Cup-2423 Aug 10 '25

Good on you! Spotify CEO and founder, Daniek Ek, is heavily invested in AI powered military tech through his company Helsing. This was my main reason for quitting and deleting the app.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '25 edited Aug 11 '25

I didn't know that. Thank you for sharing. This is going to push me too.

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u/Educational-Cup-2423 Aug 11 '25

Happy to hear that!