The founder openly stating he was in it for the ads not musicians wasnt enough?

(Quite early on into the company btw)

Already stopped using for platforming and paying millions to Joe Rogan

Sorry, but there's just no way I can boycott Spotify over this...

Because I've already been boycotting them since 2019 for not paying artists enough.

Got it. I'll continue to not use Spotify.

Maybe try Qobuz, it seems not fascist.

ICE ads have also been ran on Meta platforms (Facebook, Instagram), Google platforms (Google Search, YouTube), Twitter, HBO Max, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Snapchat. Basically all of big tech that sell ads, with the notable exception of TikTok, which does not allow political and government advocacy ads.

Boycott? Never used them in the first place.

I threw Spotify away when they wouldn't stop platforming Nazis.

I'm sure that this will be the thing that convinces stubborn Spotify users to finally switch after they've ignored the last 481 controversies that Spotify has racked up.

This happened quite some time ago.

AudiCable gives you the ability to download your Spotify library to your storage outside of the Spotify app. This will violate their ToS and they'll lock you out of your account until you contact support and tell them you won't do it again. I haven't tried this (yet) but I suspect you can download your Spotify library inside the app, turn off your internet, run AudiCable and transfer your library, then uninstall Spotify and they'll presumably never know.

... in Minecraft.

Qobuz is a outstanding music streaming service. If you're into EDM then check out Beatport.

I need to sit down and set up self hosting for music

FYI you can request your data too.

That's what I did after I left and put the money I saved into buying everything I'd ever listened to on Spotify as used CDs, month by month building my collection.

Im at about 80% ownership of what I was listening to after a year now and the test is mostly one off listens I don't want to buy anyway.

Wouldn't have been possible without the data dump.

It’s crazy how often the companies I’m already boycotting do something to make me want to boycott them further…

Can it be for both ice advertising and also grifting ai music https://lawfold.com/spotify-lawsuit/

I get most of my music from Bandcamp, on bandcamp friday's. It sucks they sold out and are probably circling the drain, but for a long time they were a solid independent source.

Buying directly from the band at a show or through their label is also cool.

It's more of an up-front cost, but after years of doing this I have a large drm-free library.

I don't think I can boycott them any harder.

Sucks that I'm paying my government to pay ad agencies to shit up my ear-holes with ICE ads but at least it's being wasted on me instead of getting served to someone who would consider joining.

There was someone who was sharing alternative options for the usual, does anyone know where they went, or which sub they post to? I was too unfamiliar with Lemmy to make note of it. I wish you could follow people.

I stopped using spoofy 2 years ago I think? I've migrated back to direct downloading all my music. It's so fun building my library, and I get to properly support my favorite artists too!

When I deleted the few big tech accounts I had, I answered those questions, when asked, saying that I loved the service and that I would probably go back to them. If we all did that, we would leave them very confused and less likely to make mitigation strategies lol

I did the same with Pandora. Fuck 'em.

Feels like all these companies to boycott are ones I wasn't using anyway..

I ran into a super progressive feminist a bit ago who used Spotify. She was gen X. Life is weird.

I have boycotted them from day one and nobody has come to my house and deleted all my MP3's. When you look long term, streaming will always be a bad deal unless you are willing to treat it like a rental at best.

I was already.

Why would I use any optional platform with ads? I'd rather go without music than hear ads.

Yeah that was what finally got me to dump them and switch to another service

Its hard for me to boycott anything since I don't really use anything not necessary for getting by.

I pulled my music from Spotify some time ago for this very reason.

I cancelled my subscription because it had become a shit product well before all this stuff started coming out

they need a "not happening"/"the damage has been done" option for how likely to subscribe again

There are FOSS alternatives.

I made a video about it.

Way ahead of you, I have never used Spotify, I don't like the concept of music streaming

Honestly, I stopped paying for Spotify because Apple Music gave me 6 months for free (it was a Black Friday promo). I figured, worst case scenario, I port my account (AM imported all my Spotify stuff), I get 6 months free, I cancel, I start paying Spotify again. I save $60. Not bad. Well, Apple Music had the Japanese music I was downloading off YouTube and painfully sideloading into Spotify. So I liked that. Plus, if I have an album that's not on Apple Music, I just drop the album on Music (the app on my Mac) and it just adds it... just for me, though. Same conditions as the Spotify feature, just much easier to do. (Apparently it's pretty easy on Windows, too.)

Then Spotify went and jacked up their prices and gave millions to Joe Rogan, who was working as Trump's mouthpiece. That and Apple Music supporting Japanese rock made me stick with Apple Music. To be fair, Spotify has since caught up with Apple Music for Japanese music. I think Spotify is still a little better for music discovery, but Apple ain't bad. I think both of them push more rap and pop, probably because it's cheaper for them to stream to you. If you like rock music, Spotify pushes back against you less than Apple Music does, but Apple will also eventually open up and start recommending rock... alongside pop and rap you don't care about (or at least I generally don't and still see it). Now Apple Music does the Super Bowl halftime show, so they pushed Bad Bunny last year, and Jay-Z this year. I don't mind them but I shouldn't be recommended their stuff... except that it makes Apple more money.

Also, I was paying Spotify for a family plan, and Apple now. My wife never used Spotify, only used Pandora — on her Android phone. Once I switched to Apple Music, she started using that (because it's on Android). That means something to me. Like if we go to something else (like Qobuz is a popular alternative now), maybe she won't use it as much. I don't know why, as a loyal Android user, she likes the Apple Music app so much more than the Spotify app, but she does and that's what we pay for.

Does anyone have experience migrating a Spotify family plan to Deezer?