I've had a grudge against Spotify waaaayyyy back when it first launched as an app on the computer.

For some reason, the Spotify app on my Mac wasted a ton of resources and battery. And it made me so mad I've never used them since.

Then years later they made dumbass Joe Rogan the face of the company so fuck all that.

I got a subscription two months ago because I had an event where it was simply easier to just use Spotify. I'm going back to plexamp I guess.

Platform podcasters who spread misinformation

Lol just say Joe Rogan

Well I am happy to have cancelled this shit a few months ago

Two things come to mind, spotify was always a browser based app on mac/linux/windows, I think that was way more inefficient in the early days of doing apps that way. The other thing is that spotify originally used its users' computers as cache to serve other users, that might've caused some additional load.

How is having any song you want being one search away less convenient than having to curate and organize a music collection, and then go digging though folders to find the song you want?

Look, I've been collecting music since 1998 and even I admit that streaming is a lot more convenient. Only reason why I still collect music is because I am a DJ and don't always have a reliable wifi or data connection at every gig. But even then I've culled the vast majority of 50k+ tunes down to about a 1000 of the best and most popular on the dance floor. Then swap songs in and out as needed. The modern era makes it easy to re-obtain a deleted track, and often in higher quality than I originally ripped it at (I use a spectrum analyzer on my collection to verify).

Meanwhile the new Seagate 26tb HDD is going for $270

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/seagate-expansion-26tb-external-usb-3-0-desktop-hard-drive-with-rescue-data-recovery-services-black/6614708.p?skuId=6614708&ref=198&affgroup="Content"%2C"May+Contract+Change"%2C"Partners+to+Keep"%2C"Roku+AO+-+ROP"%2C"Temp+0%25"

I've been downloading my media for over 10 years now and I only have like 2 1/2 Terabytes filled, a 26tb drive could hold most people's lifetime media collections.

Owning your own storage and files is the only way to ensure you keep access to the media you want.

gotta give even more money to joe fuckhead - bet absolutely none of this will improve artist payouts..

fuck Spotify, I only listen to downloaded flac and mp3 music and YouTube

Cool I can't pay any less than the zero I currently am subscribed at to not use their service