Why did you finally leave Spotify?

After our time that lasted a decade, I disintegrate with Spotify.

Nothing personal. It is this Spotify completely and I grew up, but we did not grow together.

Over the years, leaving Spotify has been seduced several times. I know that the company faces charges Poenal batches of the poor For artists, compared to her competitors, and I did not forget that Spotify this podcast was from Joe Rogan, then exclusively for the platform, to spread Wrong information About Covid-19 and other viruses.

I know that Spotify is trying Kill the RSS feedStep that Siphon independence From podcaster. However, I feel embarrassed to say that until recently, these problems have not conveyed enough to take time and energy to investigate Spotify alternatives, a platform I have been using daily since high school.

Unfortunately, it is easy for us to bury our heads in the sand when the technology companies that we pay monthly are doing things that disappoint you. (Yes, I still remember when Netflix My colleagues apply in the fieldBut I also know that I will end with watching the new season of “love blind”).

We do not feel that our only difference makes a difference – after all, Duolingo There is still a victory for revenue estimates after provoking a violent reaction when he said that he would replace contractors with AI.

But Spotify has finally arrived at me in an irreplaceable way: When I open the application, I cannot bear its comprehensive dependence, suffocating on the algorithm recommendations.

There is a huge view of the visual chaos from the time it takes to move from the home page of Spotify to the music you are looking for. These suggestions are presented and medium when opening the application.

First, I may see an unwanted popup window on a full screen promoting a new podcast. After that, I received a 2 x 4 network of music and podcast suggestions, including new episodes of shows that I listened to once because they have a guest liked, in addition to some other albums that were briefly involved in the past month or so. Below, there is a patronage recommendation for a song that I might like by an artist I have not heard before. When I move to the search tab, I am asked for an audio recommendation, and if I scroll a little, I see vertical videos that seem to belong to Tiktok.

It is easy to fall into Spotify’s recommendations, because the application constantly enables you to the custom -made operating lists made by artificial intelligence under your special sponsorship. In Spotify, you never have to make any decisions – and for some listeners, perhaps this is the point. But I noticed that I stopped listening to the music that I really wanted to listen to, and instead, I embraced the music that Spotify told me that I wanted to listen to it.

Without realizing this, I gave up my agent.

This does not mean that your moral suspects with Spotify did not affect my choice.

According to January a report From the Duetti music financing platform, Spotify, a company worth about $ 140 billion, pays about $ 3 per 1000 streams. Amazon Music, Apple Music and YouTube paid $ 8.80, $ 6.20 and $ 4.80, respectively, for every 1000 streams in 2024 (Spotify By the disputed accuracy From these numbers)

Spotify removed part of his fans in June, when CEO Daniel EK announced that his investment company had led A $ 700 million financing round A company that makes military weapons from artificial intelligence. Some gangs like Deerand xiu xiuAnd King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Pulling their catalogs from Spotify in protest.

It’s like a Diga Fu. In 2022, Johnny Mitchell and Nile Young pulled their music from Spotify over the Joe Rogan platform for wrong medical information. (The artists returned to the platform in 2024.)

Perhaps it took a long time to leave Spotify because choosing a broadcast platform leaves you between a rock and a difficult place. But if you are associated with your operating years, tools like Soundiiz Make it easy to transfer your collection between platforms.

I chose the Apple Music, mostly because I got a new iPhone and it came with a free three -month experience, which helped me reduce my transition. Also, Apple Music has a sound without a loss, which was Spotify Promising for nearly five years.

But I cannot tell you a straight face that I left the big and bad Spotify to support the little man, when I chose a technology giant.

I have my ethical interests about Apple, too – even when I write this on my magic keyboard connected to my MacBook Pro while IPhone, AirPods and Apple Watch Sit on the other side of my office.

In addition, the CEO of Apple Tim Cook recently appeared at the White House to give Donald Trump’s gift with a Specialized plate with apple mark, Who sits over a 24 -karat gold base, while performing his credit duty to shareholders to maintain Apple products free from customs tariffs.

At least, the Apple Music app is not like Spotify.