RE: https://floss.social/@alcinnz/115973813258819817

I'm changing my music consumption habits too. I've recently cancelled my #spotify subscription. It's cost me more than 2500 GBP and I've got nothing to show for it. And the artists received almost nothing from that too. I've been buying music again from #bandcamp but need to find a better app. I also haven't got a good answer for discovery yet.

RE: https://floss.social/@alcinnz/115973813258819817

I'm changing my music consumption habits too. I've recently cancelled my #spotify subscription. It's cost me more than 2500 GBP and I've got nothing to show for it. And the artists received almost nothing from that too. I've been buying music again from #bandcamp but need to find a better app. I also haven't got a good answer for discovery yet.

Why Subscriptions Make Everything More Expensive

#Subscription services exist for nearly everything consumers buy. Many, like #Netflix or #Spotify, start out affordable, but the cost adds up over time. And while signing up is effortless, cancelling can be difficult.

Companies such as #Adobe and #Amazon have even been accused by the Federal Trade Commission of using dark patterns to trap consumers in subscriptions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AKn-zJMIwY

Why Subscriptions Make Everything More Expensive

#Subscription services exist for nearly everything consumers buy. Many, like #Netflix or #Spotify, start out affordable, but the cost adds up over time. And while signing up is effortless, cancelling can be difficult.

Companies such as #Adobe and #Amazon have even been accused by the Federal Trade Commission of using dark patterns to trap consumers in subscriptions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AKn-zJMIwY

#streaming #listenbrainz #spotify

#streaming #listenbrainz #spotify

Someone Downloaded All of #Spotify - #ThreatWire via @endingwithali

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFyVU0LONLA

It's this time of the year again!
https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/spotify-whacked/

> Between paying artists virtually nothing, pushing AI-generated slop, running ICE recruitment ads, a payola lawsuit, and its former CEO Daniel Ek using the company’s profits to invest in AI military drones, Spotify’s 2025 vibe is more like steaming garbage than streaming giant.

#Spotify #SpotifyWrapped

It's this time of the year again!
https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/spotify-whacked/

> Between paying artists virtually nothing, pushing AI-generated slop, running ICE recruitment ads, a payola lawsuit, and its former CEO Daniel Ek using the company’s profits to invest in AI military drones, Spotify’s 2025 vibe is more like steaming garbage than streaming giant.

#Spotify #SpotifyWrapped

Don't have time to convert playlists and find something else now, but if #Spotify is still taking thug-money for #ICE recruiting ads in a week, I'm cancelling my family plan. Have 1000+ song playlists, 60s - 90s, like music discovery based on them. Any suggestions where to go? #BoycottSpotify

Commentary: ICE ads are playin...

Please don't pay for #Spotify . Reasons and alternatives listed here: https://terminal.ahumanfuture.co/posts/2025-10-17/the-world-is-something-that-we-make/

Please don't pay for #Spotify . Reasons and alternatives listed here: https://terminal.ahumanfuture.co/posts/2025-10-17/the-world-is-something-that-we-make/

Spotify has 276 million Premium subscribers. 62% of Spotify Premium subscribers are in Europe and North America. 👀

Europe has 102 million paying subscribers and North America 63 million.

I hope these numbers start plummeting as people cancel their subscriptions. 😏

Context: Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads.

#Spotify #music #media #news #USpol #politics #USA #Europe

https://backlinko.com/spotify-users

Spotify has 276 million Premium subscribers. 62% of Spotify Premium subscribers are in Europe and North America. 👀

Europe has 102 million paying subscribers and North America 63 million.

I hope these numbers start plummeting as people cancel their subscriptions. 😏

Context: Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads.

#Spotify #music #media #news #USpol #politics #USA #Europe

https://backlinko.com/spotify-users

Don't have time to convert playlists and find something else now, but if #Spotify is still taking thug-money for #ICE recruiting ads in a week, I'm cancelling my family plan. Have 1000+ song playlists, 60s - 90s, like music discovery based on them. Any suggestions where to go? #BoycottSpotify

Commentary: ICE ads are playin...

Cancel your #Spotify today. Use those dollars to buy between 1 & 3 (or more!) albums on #BandcampFriday. Enjoy the actual, direct impact you had on someone's life. (Hell they might message you to say thanks!)

No amount of $$$ (or streams) spent on Spotify will ever change ANYTHING for the better!

If you cancel #Spotify and need some music to get your collection started, I will give you codes for anything in my library if you just ask and say "fuck Spotify"

Cancel your #Spotify today. Use those dollars to buy between 1 & 3 (or more!) albums on #BandcampFriday. Enjoy the actual, direct impact you had on someone's life. (Hell they might message you to say thanks!)

No amount of $$$ (or streams) spent on Spotify will ever change ANYTHING for the better!

I only just found out that KGLW #gizz removed their discography from #spotify over the CEOs defense tech investment choices because I listen to their music using #jellyfin on my own NAS!

I am so ready and so close to ditching Spotify completely, just need to find good aveneues for discovering new music, and then I'll have the entire function of the platform covered with self hosted or open source alternatives. That feels good.

#kinggizzardandthelizardwizard #selfhosting #music #fuckspotify