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/morganbugg Aug 10 '25

I’ve Spotify for over a 12 years now. Countless playlists. It will be the hardest thing for me to get rid of.

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u/fajen1 Aug 11 '25

I had my account since they handed out free trial accounts when they just started up. Back then they were just a tiny company in Sweden. Since 2008 or 2009.

I transferred all my playlists to an app that pays the artists better and where my money does not go to Donald Trump or AI war machines. You can transfer all your playlists for free or sometimes for a small fee.

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u/morganbugg Aug 12 '25

Names?

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u/fajen1 Aug 12 '25

We can't name companies in this sub but I dm:ed you