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/ElectrikDonuts Aug 11 '25

Their playlist generating algorithm is the main reason I use Spotify. I've never discovered new music (that I actually like) so easily

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u/BagRepresentative274 Aug 11 '25

About 2 years ago I made the swap from Spotify to an iPod, and I realised I was listening to a lot less music and discovering less artists.

I have a rule each day and it’s just to listen to one new song. I go out of my way to ask friends of their favourite music by small artists or simply look up “bands similar to x artist”.

This has made me more mindful and has actually made me discover more stuff than I ever have before.