...So I Finally Quit Spotify

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...So I Finally Quit Spotify
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Last year I've listened to more than 6k different songs. If you'd be generous for the math and say 12 songs an album, 9 euro per album it's still over 5k a year. Spotify is just cheaper for me, even the high seas would cost me too much in terms of time

Everyone who listens to the same downloaded 50 song playlist everytime they open Spotify premium is paying for you to use the service

But I use it much more similar to you than those people so I am also winning lol.

Not to mention that if everybody listened like thak guy spotify would just increase prices.

I spent >100$ on concert tickets to listen to artists I found on Spotify. Probably would not have spent this money nor discovered those artists by listening to 50 songs downloaded 10 years ago from Limewire.

Over a hundred? Must have been half a ticket then? Pre-fees of course.

I listened to 6k songs, just because spotify has them.

Do i need it? Absolutely not.

I cancelled when they increased the price and i went back to buying an album for life from the discount bin and putting it on repeat with the other 20 albums i still owned.

Back when I had an ipod I spent days downloading songs. I don't think my listening habits changed all that much, now I just don't download them via "legitimate" routes anymore

I find it most useful as a radio replacement for this reason, you can't find a service with more quantity. Personal music collection is still my main source though.