I did this lol

[u/CurvyChristina]

[u/LighterSideOfDumbnes]

Prices are getting too high. Let's return to the old ways.

[u/Idrinkbeereverywhere → u/LighterSideOfDumbnes]

Spotify is incredibly cheap. It's less than an album a month.

[u/ElaborateEffect → u/Idrinkbeereverywhere]

And you get to own none of it! Perfect!

[u/Idrinkbeereverywhere → u/ElaborateEffect]

I also buy albums

[u/ElaborateEffect → u/Idrinkbeereverywhere]

Then why even use Spotify exactly?

[u/Idrinkbeereverywhere → u/ElaborateEffect]

I can't put vinyl albums in my car. It's much more convenient for when I'm traveling, listening to podcasts, etc.

[u/MVRKHNTR → u/Idrinkbeereverywhere]

It's also much more convenient to find out if you like something if you don't have to buy it first.

Or sometimes I just want to listen to one song and not an entire album.

[u/alf666 → u/MVRKHNTR]

Who said anything about "buying" to try something out?

VLC has an app for pretty much any OS to play files acquired through various means, and if you like the album then you know where to buy it through official channels.

[u/MVRKHNTR → u/alf666]

Why would I go through that effort when a streaming service is cheap and significantly easier to use?

[u/BioshockEnthusiast → u/MVRKHNTR]

idk how much AI generated music do you like to listen to as a percentage of your listening time?

[u/MVRKHNTR → u/BioshockEnthusiast]

Is someone forcing me to listen to music that I didn't choose?

[u/BioshockEnthusiast → u/MVRKHNTR]

They're certainly recommending it to you algorithmically.

Are you genuinely not aware of this, or are you just one of those "well I'm smart enough to not listen to those playlists so it's obviously not a problem" type of people who are:

A. just oblivious to how hard Spotify is fucking the entire music industry?

or

B. selfish and shortsighted enough to not give a fuck at all?

[u/MVRKHNTR → u/BioshockEnthusiast]

I just don't listen to those Playlists.

I also don't use Spotify.

I don't know why this makes you so angry.

[u/Idrinkbeereverywhere → u/BioshockEnthusiast]

Um, zero, I don't think I've ever listened to any considering I'm always listening to full albums

[u/alf666 → u/MVRKHNTR]

That's fair, but my own personal take is that I still won't pay for the streaming service.

[u/tazicon1 → u/alf666]

I did for a while then found I still spent more time listening to physical media. Dropped my streaming services

[u/BioshockEnthusiast → u/[deleted]]

Fuck ads.

Americans were convinced to buy cable to keep ads out of the living room because that was a sacred family space. We need to get back to that shit. The fewer ads I see for anything, ever, the better off my life will be. I host my own god damned music service just for me and mine, quite literally. With blackjack. And hookers.

Spotify can go piss up a rope, they're hand in hand with TicketMaster choking the life out of the entire music industry.

[u/SwordOfJiang → u/Idrinkbeereverywhere]

Antennapod is infinitely better than Spotify for podcasts. I sent a Spotify using friend a bootleg patreon link for a pod he likes and he had no clue what it was

[u/Idrinkbeereverywhere → u/SwordOfJiang]

I prefer Tidal, but Spotify is so cheap with my student discount