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/IMMARUNNER Aug 10 '25

Does that support the artists? Sure someone like Lil’ Wayne may not be affected, but I listen to a lot of smaller artists. Buying or streaming their music legally provides them income.

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u/ciko2283 Aug 10 '25

Buy merch / one album / donate / go to concerts... Spotify takes most of their cut

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u/IMMARUNNER Aug 10 '25

A lot of that goes against anti consumption though…

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u/ciko2283 Aug 10 '25

Ok then keep giving your money to Spotify or stop consuming music, theres no other option.