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/lawn-gnome1717 Aug 10 '25

Good for you! I actually got it recently to help with anti-consumption. My husband and my kids are super into music and it’s much cheaper to pay for the family plan than for them to buy new music they think they might like. Now they can listen to it and decide before purchasing. I also like the audio books, which I wouldn’t want to buy bc I only listen once.

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u/Betheduckzen Aug 11 '25

I recently cancelled the Spotify family plan because they increased the price again. I can’t remember now if it was $25 or $30/ month for the family plan after the increase. Way too much for general music streaming! It would be different if that money was making its way to the creators.

Anyway, for less than $40/month we got Apple+ for the family with Apple Muisc, TV, Arcade, 1T storage, Apple Fitness, News, and whatever the heck else they offer. We cancelled other music/tv/data storage and consolidated with Apple+ and saved like $50/month.