I cancelled Spotify last month. I've been a subscriber since 2006.
The app has become increasingly buggy, especially on my newish iPad. Frequently would refuse to play for minutes at a time.
But more critically, Spotify has become focused on "generating background noise as profitably as possible". I originally liked Spotify as a way of finding interesting albums I haven't listened to before, but now it's all podcasts and easy-listening covers. It's constantly trying to play albums in random order, and even more egregiously, related tracks when the current album finishes.
My relationship with music is now more suited to listening to a couple of tracks on any platform, and then buying it from Bandcamp.
I cancelled Spotify last month. I've been a subscriber since 2006.
The app has become increasingly buggy, especially on my newish iPad. Frequently would refuse to play for minutes at a time.
But more critically, Spotify has become focused on "generating background noise as profitably as possible". I originally liked Spotify as a way of finding interesting albums I haven't listened to before, but now it's all podcasts and easy-listening covers. It's constantly trying to play albums in random order, and even more egregiously, related tracks when the current album finishes.
My relationship with music is now more suited to listening to a couple of tracks on any platform, and then buying it from Bandcamp.