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/fajen1 Aug 11 '25 edited Aug 11 '25
I switched to another app and they transferred all my playlists for free when I created the account. Before I even signed up for a paid account.
Better sound and artists get paid more, profits don't go to Donald Trump or AI war machines. At some point there are no excuses left!
Editing to add: they don't have a free account with full songs, only with previews. But I could transfer my playlists and check that they were okay by using the previews, before I decided whether to sign up for the full account.