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...So I Finally Quit Spotify (oliviarafferty.substack.com)
submitted 11 months ago by ooli@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 41 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I agree with her arguments about Spotify overall, but this amused me-

To celebrate my newfound freedom, I downloaded a 13-minute long Taylor Swift megamix, and CAN YOU DO THAT ON SPOTIFY? I didn’t think so. I also then went on to Bandcamp after I got paid the other day and bought some music. It felt good.

As if Spotify somehow prevented her from doing those things anyway...

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

Obviously this is presented in the sense that being a Spotify user means you're not pursuing other methods of music acquisition, and to be fair that's probably the case for most people, you're paying for a service that's supposed to meet all your music listening needs after all. Personally I also use other means like vinyl, YouTube, and a large local collection but that's because I'm deep into music, also as a maker of it.

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