Personally, the open source community's aversion to algorithms is what's holding me back. Say what you will about them, but I've found many great songs thanks to Spotify's algo.

I was dragging my feet because I really liked the algorithmic features. As much as I hate "AI" being jammed into everything these days, I really liked their DJ feature, and the "crate a playlist from a prompt" was a lot of fun to play with!

My favorite generated playlist was "Determined music for poopwalking home from Taco Bell"

That being said, they've been corrupting their music exploration tools with corporate interest for a while, so it's been becoming less desirable as a result

I don't use any proprietary apps. Only FOSS apps installed on my phone.

I hate Spotify and would like to stop paying them even 1/5th of a family subscription. But I have researched alternatives and haven't found one that meets my need to manage offline files, playlists, and the current playback session across many (and I mean many) devices.